Danke Ditte

Commercial photographer Ditte Isager, born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark and living in NYC since 2006 has a beautiful blog where she publishes a lot of her work shooting interiors, personalities, lifestyle and travel. In her words, "The style is simple nordic. Working with contrast in materials, light, color and objects. Inspiration comes from the light in the Dutch masters, storytelling and effects from motion pictures and the style, character and layers of NY." While some shots are overly commercial (a smiling Christie Brinkley!) most are moody, evocative and inspiring and just plain lovely to look at!

Love in Vain

Waldemar and Max are a photographer duo from Sweden that take heart breakingly beautiful pictures. Here's a little sample from their editorial work for Forum Magazine and Dealer du Luxe.

One for the Kipper

Aaron Ruell is probably best known for playing the role of Kip in the movie Napoleon Dynamite. But the Californian native is also a super talented and  accomplished commercial director and photographer.  He was recently declared one of the most promising new directors in the world of advertising by Shoot magazine. Besides directing commericals, Ruell was the only filmmaker to have two films, Everything's Gone Green and Mary, which he wrote and directed, premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. His photos, a little awkward and staged, are simultaneously very layered, colorful and rich with naratives.  Take a gander.