Ryan Phillips Blog

I am pleased to announce that one of my favorite Photographers and a PurePhoto Master has given us a selection of prints to sell on PurePhoto Collections. Paul Souders has travelled all over the world and his images have been published on every continent. Paul was kind enough to offer 15 pieces he has chosen for us AND to also put them into our members gallery so all can afford to own work from this phenomenal wildlife shooter. Here are a few excerpts from his bio and some images. To see more on Paul and purchase his work, follow this link…

Paul Souders: “For much of my adult life, I have been lucky enough to get paid doing the things I love most. My work as a itinerant travel and wildlife photographer has sent me around the world and across all seven continents.

Over the last two decades, I have had ample opportunity to appreciate the absurdities of life on the road, having once spent 27 memorable hours during my first trip to Kenya digging a bogged safari truck out using only a sauce pan. In addition to my work in Africa, I have traveled extensively in Alaska, Australia, Antarctica and Asia.

I’ve done so many stupid things over my career that it’s hard to keep track. During my brief foray into international news coverage, I got shot at (and missed) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during election violence there. I was once woken from a sound sleep in Kenya by a pride of lions pawing at my tent, and I have spent 27 memorable hours trying to dig my safari truck out of a swamp using only a sauce pan. On my last trip to Greenland, I slipped while photographing spawning shoals of capelin from some shore rocks, and found myself chest deep in ice water. I shredded my fingers trying to claw my way back out of the ocean before I froze. The time I got my boat stuck in the ice in front of a glacier was good for a laugh, especially when I started hoping between ice floes trying to drag the thing out by hand. Getting chased around in the water and head-butted by whales in Patagonia was diverting, too.

There are a lot of stories I don’t tell my mom.”

Antelope Silhouette | Kenya

Cheetah’s Nap | Kenya

Lunch | Kenya

Deep Blue | Nordenskjold Island

Here are a few shots that I took a while back – I will post more from this series as I have time. It is rare when  I shoot anything personal due to my crazy schedule. It was nice to just let my brain go and have no pressure to deliver. As always, you can find these and any other personal work of mine at PurePhotoCollections.com

Yuri began his career as an editorial photographer shooting feature portraits for magazine clients including GQ, HG, Vogue, and Rolling Stone. Exhibitions include solo shows at the Henry Street Settlement, Notre Dame University, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, NYC Arts for Transit, Grand Central Station, and Georgia State University. Awards include New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, the Art Matters Grant, the NEA Travel Grants Pilot, and residencies at Light Work, Jamaica Arts Center and the MacDowell Colony. While he still shoots some commercial work he has found his true calling in the art world and spends the majority of his time pouring his soul into these works. He is currently working on an amazing new series which we will share with you shortly. These works are one of a kind and printed with a special process on the pages of books and documents hundreds of years old. Stay tuned…

Ellis Island Selected Works : Artists Statement

Objects of dreams and desires, I had long hoped to photograph there. When the chance came, the crumbling ruin was more daunting than I imagined, an endless maze of dank and decay, dead birds, musty smells, and asbestos dust. Yet it is beautiful, filled with strange objects, ghosts flickering in windows and on the walls. A museum of dust.

My photographic work explores issues of race, exile, and American identity. The child of European refugees, I was inspired by my family tragedies to search for universal meaning in stories that often divide more than they unite. Language and self-knowledge, patriotism and shame, timelessness and mortality; all are concurrent themes that run through my work.

PurePhoto Notes:
If it isn’t obvious what instantly drew us into the work of famed New York Artist Yuri Marder, spend a few minutes staring into the depth of these images and it should become abundantly clear. His groundbreaking work on Ellis Island earned him some of the top grants available to artists in the US. His work is the history of millions of american families, their roots, their legacy. This country was founded on the backs of those immigrant families who passed through these very same walls more than a century ago. We are honored to add Yuri to our collection and hope that this important artists will find a place in yours.

To see more of Yuri’s work, click here

Check out the work of Esther Miguez from Spain. She lives in Ferrol, a small town on the Northern coast of Spain… Click here to see more of her wonderful work

Artist’s Statement:

I am a self-taught photographer. Since I was a girl I’ve always being attracted by capturing moments with my camera. Maybe it was a way to freeze any experience and any sensation I have lived, a constant desire of rescuing those days that I´ve left behind. For that reason, I enjoy capturing moments, searching for lights and shadows and always try to materialize any sensation that touches me.

I spend most of my time around the coast, feeling the breeze on my face. I love colour and freshness but I’m also excited about the vintage effect on photography. In the last few years I’ve found in that technique the pleasure to experiment and develop my creativity.

I’m not obsessed with searching for impossible angles or extraordinary shapes. I transcribe what I see and adventure myself to shoot with a certain kindness. I search smiles on my pictures and the placidity of the moments retained on my camera. That’s the way I try to live my world.

I’d like to thank everyone who helped bring our next PurePhoto project to fruition! Over the course of the past few months we have built and launched PurePhoto Collections the premier site for buying and selling photography on the web. We have worked to bring you some of the top emerging and established artists from all over the world. We have hundreds already in our collection and will be uploading hundreds more over the next few weeks. We also have a general Members Gallery where you can also submit your art. Ever wondered if your work will sell? Here is your chance to find out!

Whether you are an established artist or just getting started, If you are interested in submitting please click here.

Press Release:

PUREPHOTO ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF PUREPHOTO COLLECTIONS™

The Premier Site For Purchasing Affordable Art
From World Renowned To Emerging Photographers

Westlake Village, CA – July 7th, 2010 – PurePhoto, the photography network that helps people perfect and publish their images, today announced the launch of PurePhoto Collections™ (purephotocollections.com), the premier site for purchasing selected works from industry-leading to emerging artists from around the globe.

In addition to using PurePhoto to learn, organize, share and print, photographers can now sell their work using the platform. Members submit images for review by a selection committee and, if chosen, are sold as either Fine Art, Limited Editions, or in Member Galleries. Prices range from $20 – $5,000 depending on the significance of the art, the number of editions, and the size of the print. Proceeds of the sale are split between the artist and PurePhoto. There are already hundreds of images for sale with more being added every week.

“Many photographers currently sell their art on their portfolio site, in galleries or through massive stock houses, which makes it challenging for buyers to discover new high-quality work,” said John Ellis, CEO of PurePhoto. “PurePhoto brings a new audience to photographers and makes it easy for buyers to find amazing and affordable art from around the world.”

“I represent some of the top artists in Spain,” said art dealer and PhotoGallery20 owner Javier Gimeno, “PurePhoto is enabling me to expose the U.S. market to the great works of Spanish photographers and even discover other potential artists I may want to represent.”

Photographers wishing to learn more or submit work for consideration may do so at purephoto.com/sell or by joining PurePhoto at purephoto.com/join.

About PurePhoto
PurePhoto is the premier network for perfecting and publishing images. It helps anyone with a camera create, share, buy and sell great images.  Photographers can improve their skills through educational content, backup their photos and videos online via a proprietary web application, access professional lab services, and syndicate their portfolio to social and commercial distribution channels. PurePhoto offers Basic free accounts as well as Premium annual memberships with expanded services. Please visit www.purephoto.com for more information.

Here’s a couple of landscapes from the Badlands…

I just got back from an engagment session in Seattle. I drove back through Portland and left early the next morning through the Columbia River Gorge. It is one of the most spectacular drives I have ever seen. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating and it was raining like crazy. I only got a few shots off – It is really difficult to shoot in heavy rain. Here is one of my favorites of Multnomah Falls. I have a few others which I will post over the next few days. If anyone wants a print of this, I am selling 11×14 matte prints for a limited time for $22. Email me with contact info if interested…

I have 3 great engagement sessions coming up so stay tuned…..

OK, this is my last post until after New Years! I swear! I was up in Terrebonne, Oregon scouting the location for several shoots for the ranch this year. The area got hit with “Freezing Fog” the night before. I had never heard of it before but it’s really really cool! It turns everything in site white. All the trees looked like Jonathan Adler made them. Here are a few of the images I made that day…