Gustavo Marx

Fashion photography has always stood out to me, with all of the abstract angles and contrasts in color and texture. I found Gustavo Marx, a New York photographer, and I instantly fell in love with his work. His pictures are always experimenting with new angles, and the backgrounds are always different. This picture is one of my favorites out of his work, because it's not your usual fashion photo. Hiding her face with her hair adds a sense of mystery, along with only focusing on the top of her head.

Mary Ellen Mark

Mary Ellen Mark has a talent for telling a story in each of her photographs. I love her style because she captures reality instead of making something up. Many of her pictures have a sort of street style to them, as if she shot them in the moment. One of the more prominent emotions in her work is pain, which I appreciate since not many artists portray it in as realistic scenarios as she does. The girl in this photograph is obviously dealing with a lot, and has a very troubled look on her face. She looks lost in thought, which adds a sense of mystery to the photograph, while at the same time keeping it close to reality since she's living a very realistic scenario.

Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden's photography has a sense of fantasy to her work, which is what makes it so interesting to me. While most photographers capture moments that are very realistic, Shaden's work is different because of all of the unrealistic elements she combines in each picture. In this photo, the model's position, attire, and landscape all make the photo surreal, which makes it an interesting, mysterious photograph.