Martin Schoeller. A New York based photographer with a flair for eccentric portraits that reveal the dynamics of the subjects personality. Credited with making no stylized distinction between the celebrity and the everyday person, Schoeller’s work is both invigorating and interesting.

Why is it beauty is so often refined to women? Women and girls. The male gender is beautiful too and in the same way. Abandon previous conceptions of masculine and feminine and observe beauty. Physical beauty, the beauty of expression, posture, poise, position. Toyin Ibidapo: Boys, Boys, Boys recognizes this, taking inspiration from his book Cult of Boys, the previously unexplored territory of boyhood unfurls to reveal a collection of truly amazing photographs that bear an alarming amount of beauty, soul and presence.

Today’s post continues on from the last, focusing on simplicity and how sometimes it’s nice to strip back a layer and lay oneself bare because lets face it, we so rarely see that these days. Henrik Adamsen is a Danish photographer whose love and preference for a more simplistic photographic style has led him to use only one light and/or in the majority of his shots. This technique gives his photographs a very honest and minimalistic edge.

Australian born but a true flower child and woman of the world,  eighteen year old Nirrimi Hakanson can call Diesel and Billabong past clients and most continents past bed rests. Her life and travel experience could challenge that of someone double or triple her age having begun her world travels and professional photography career as a young teenager.

Choosing fashion photography over any other genre because it allows her the most creative freedom and expression, Nirrimi’s most rewarding moments are overhearing strangers compliment her work or refusing big clients because it would be untrue to herself and her style. When asked where the future will take her she replies with “I’ll never shake this wanderlust. I’ll have a little child or two, take them everywhere with me on wild adventures. We’ll be this artist gypsy family who follows the summer. I will shoot enough campaigns to get by happily. I will own a home near water with acres of untamed backyard. Everything will always be okay”

Interview taken from http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1QBOFa/thoughtcatalog.com/2011/nirrimi-hakanson-photography-interview/

An icon of fashion, Grace Coddington has been majourly influential in the artistic world, both in front of the camera as well as behind it (for those living in a cave she is currently American Vogue’s creative director). Throughout her marriage to photographer Willie Christie, a series of photographs were shot. A combined artistic effort between husband and wife. These intimate and visually brilliant photographs have recently been released for the first time as part of the Limited Edition Collection which is a showcase of Christie’s incredible contribution to the artistic world.

Each image is drowned in femininity, sensuality and womanhood with obvious influences taken from times when women were pin-ups and creatures of mystery. This collection of photographs takes the viewer on a trip through both time and emotion.

Ever wonder what iconic photographs would look like if only today’s technology had been in existence? Yeah, us too. This collection of photoshopped images gives an idea of the exact colour of Einstein’s eyes and the precise shade of tan on that sailor’s face. Ok so it’s not necessarily historically correct, but the photoshop job’s pretty darn good!

Elizaveta Porodino is a Russian photographer whose work captures a hybrid of sexuality, emotion and a collision of two worlds-the real and the fantasy land. She is constantly using sparkle, colour, fashion and expression to portray the world of fantasy and emotion.