Photographer #224: Alex Fradkin

Alex Fradkin, 1966, USA, originally studied and practiced architecture. It is no surprise that when he started his photographic career in 1996, he focused on architecture and landscapes. In 2011 two books will be released by Alex. One of the projects is Bunkers: Ruins of War in a New American Landscape. It contains images of whole or partially intact bunkers found across the San Francisco Bay Area. The serenity of the landscape is broken apart by the process of erosion and seismic activity that is gradually ripping the hillsides apart. The other project is The Left Coast: California on the Edge. Since 2006 Fradkin has documented the changing Californian coastline and it's people with a large format camera. Following images come from the series The Left Coast: California on the Edge, Bunkers: Ruins of War in a New American Landscape and The Lakeshore Project.

Website: www.alexfradkin.com

Photographer #196: AlexandFelix

Alex Gertschen, 1969, and Felix Meier, 1969, both from Switzerland and better known as AlexandFelix work as a team. They are known for staging their subjects and models, without the use of computers, with divers objects and materials. AlexandFelix create imaginative, somewhat absurd and surreal worlds. Also the background is not made by computer which is a conscious choice in an effort to make the images more vibrant and less artificial. The series 13 Queens shows how detailed the two photographers work, with much to discover in each image. The following images come from the series 13 Queens and from their Pictures portfolio.

Website: www.alexandfelix.com

Photographer #010: Alex Prager

Alex Prager, 1979, is an American photographer who stages her models in awkward positions and making them look like dolls. Her photographs remind us of film-like images we have in our minds of the great movies in the seventies. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
Currently she's working on her project Week-End.

In 2008 she finished her project The Big Valley. Again, amazing doll like females are portraited in sometimes bizarre situations.

Website: www.alexprager.com