Memories of Shanghai. Fan Ho inspirational photography

Fan Ho inspirational photography

Chinese photographer, film director and actor, Fan Ho is one of the most famous Chinese in the world. The pride and treasure of the nation, he has many titles and more than 280 awards. Widely collected and exhibited in Europe and Asia, his art decorates numerous private collections. Born into a family of film director, in Shanghai in 1932, his family later moved to Hong Kong. While still a boy, Fan Ho received Rolleiflex as a gift from his father, and that was the first camera, with which he made his first shots. Meanwhile, in the 1950s and 60s Fan Ho was actively experimenting in photography. In addition, since 1956 he began shooting in films. To date, he has acted in 15 films and directed 11 films.
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Improvisation. Ice photo fantasy by Nikolai Fonarev

Ice photo fantasy by Nikolai Fonarev
Macro images of Moscow based photographer Nikolai Fonarev (known as NIK-3332008) reveal the beauty of Winter. Talented photographer sees in Winter Fantasy – the art of sculpture, jewelry designs, abstract paintings. The name of the great artist in all his pictures – Nature. Nikolai takes pictures of ice, snowflakes, icicles, patterns on frosty windows. The photographer titled his series of macro photographs “Vernisage of Snow Queen”. Traveling photographer Nikolai Fonarev is inspired by the beauty of nature in winter. The images are not processed in Photoshop, they are all natural photographed outside, in natural light at sunset. In some of them was used a specular reflection.
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Ama. From the series ‘The Spirit of Sea’. Work by Fine art photographer Angelika Nabokova

Fine art photographer Angelika Nabokova
Born in Vladivostok, the Far East of Russia, the Asian sentiments and mentality were very close to her. According to Angelika, she loves everything related to Asian culture. In particular, art, philosophy of life, way of life, thoughts, travel, literature and movies. Her photo gallery – beauty of seas and sunsets, the life and philosophy of cities, the riot of colors of flora and fauna. Plots of her photographs – bright and warm impressions of travel, everything that she noticed in the everyday life.
Angelika’s statement: “Parents say that the little, I got to my feet and immediately ran. And all my life I go fast, I like to live high and bright. I like open spaces, and waking up to see the sky and the sun. Perhaps this explains something”. Nabokova currently resides in Moscow.
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Autumn twisting. Flower kaleidoscope by Anatoly Vostochny

Flower kaleidoscope by Anatoly Vostochny
Talented photographer and poet Anatoly Vostochny is the author of the gallery of more than 10 thousand pictures on different themes. In particular, portraits, landscapes, still lifes, animals, children, genre, travel, black and white, and retro. Meanwhile, from the extensive collection of photographs I have chosen a series of photographs called “Flower Kaleidoscope “.
In fact they are bright positive pictures processed in Photoshop. Anatoly lives and works in Odessa, but stresses that he was born in the USSR. “Soviet Union – is my homeland, my family, my home. I come from Mariupol. And now I have there children, grandchildren and many relatives: only siblings cousins – 44 of them. So it is really my city …. Well and Donbass … Although I lived in Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Vorkuta … How many good things were in the USSR”.
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Dandelion. Photographer Sabrina Rynas, Sarah Illenberger flowerwork project

Sarah Illenberger flowerwork project
German conceptual artist and designer Sarah Illenberger was born in 1976 in Munich. She graduated from Chelsea College of Art & Design in 1998, then Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins (2000). In 2001 Sarah founded jewellery label Sarah & Patrik Design. Since 2007 she has worked in her studio in Berlin. Her latest photoproject Flowerwork (2014) with flowers arranged in the style of fireworks shows the artistic talent and the ability to transform seemingly familiar materials into complex work of art. A genre in which Sarah is working is hard to identify. All objects created by Sarah manually and not photoshopped. Sarah Illenberger is a conceptual artist working at the intersection of 3D and graphic design, illustration and photography. Among her clients – Smart, Nike, Suez, & Other Stories, Breuninger, FSB, Mykita, COS, Good Year, Fruit of the Loom, Monoprix, Helvetas, and Kipling.
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Beautiful Lavender fields at Valensole. Landscape photography by Tomas Vocelka (Czech Republic)

Landscape Photography by Tomas Vocelka
Characterized by minimalist composition, photography by Tomas Vocelka combines great details and textures. Noteworthy, journalist and photographer Tomas Vocelka prefers natural photography to using Photoshop program. Born in Krnov (Czech Republic), Tomas lives in Kladno.
In addition to landscape, Tomas Vocelka loves sport photography. Awarded at international photography contest Photo Annual Awards 2014, his works are often among the best on the photography websites. In particular, 500px.com and Pixoto.com.
In fact, lots of his pictures depict flowering summer countryside of upper Provence. Stunningly beautiful golden fields serve as a natural background for purple lavender.
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From the series ‘Impossible is nothing’. Work by Photo artist Veronica Babenko

Photo artist Veronica Babenko
Young, beautiful and very promising artist Veronica Babenko lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She has created a photo gallery of stunning in composition and subject matter works. Veronica’s creative fantasy shows the sweet expectation of a holiday, and this series of pictures is called “Impossible is nothing”. Gentle in the composition and color photos seem transparent and extremely warm, despite the winter fantasy and mood in the photos. Let Veronica have a successful future as a photographer and artist, and let the New Year bring her many new ideas and all dreams of a talented photo artist from Kazakhstan come true.
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