Category Archives: Photography

Scott Lowden’s Lord of the Flies (Sort-of)

by Scott Lowden Every holiday and even some random weekends, I would find myself driving down Rt. 309 in Hazleton Pa. There’s this building that continually caught my eye, especially when the sun was low and bright. It’s an abandoned … Continue reading

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Carolyn Ross :: Intense and Powerful

Photographer Carolyn Ross chose this image as one of her personal favorites because she had a specific vision in mind of what she wanted to capture.  “I feel like all the elements came together to make it a breath-taking photo. … Continue reading

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Food Photographer William Swank :: In His Own Words

William Swank and his wife, photographer Lennette Newell,  went to a book signing at the Fraenkel Gallery many years ago for Richard Avedon’s Sixties book. Lennette asked him what his favorite image was. He replied “the one I took yesterday”. … Continue reading

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Jon Blacker’s Musical Ink

Musical Ink is a portrait project from Toronto based photographer Jon Blacker that spotlights 62 musicians and their tattoos. This exciting volume of imagery not only has something for every musical taste – featured artists range in genre from heavy metal to hip hop … Continue reading

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by Zave Smith In today’s crowded multi-channel media market, it has become more important  than ever for companies to create communications that are on brand.  We live in the era of very short attention spans.  We live in an era … Continue reading

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“Urban Surfers” by Chris Sembrot

There’s nothing quite like the motivation of a beautiful woman to get you to try a sport that you’ve always wished you could do but never thought you could pick it up past your 10th birthday. This is the motivation that … Continue reading

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Migration Home by Photographer Bill Frakes

I grew up in Nebraska loving the land, the people, the wildlife. It wasn’t until I went away to college that I realized most Americans think my home state is, well, homely. When our family finally got a television set … Continue reading

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Friday’s Picks :: Portrait Photographers

To see more of the photographers’ pages on Altpick.com, go to their individual pages: Tom Atwood, Keith Barraclough, Gina Binkley, Jon Blacker, Art Brewer, Blair Bunting, Geneviene Caron, Eric Cassee, Studio Caswell, Chris Clor, Scott Council, Steve Craft, Chris Crisman, … Continue reading

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The Eddie Adams Workshop :: Application Deadline May 31st

October 11-14, 2013 Jeffersonville, New York The Eddie Adams Workshop is an intense four-day gathering of the top photography professionals, along with 100 carefully selected students. The photography workshop is tuition-free, and the 100 students are chosen based on the … Continue reading

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Altpick Members :: Pics of the Week

To see their wonderful work, go to Altpick.com.

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