Adama Jalloh-
Adama Jalloh is a London-based portrait and documentary photographer who specializes in highlighting Black beauty through stylized images. Although Jalloh piques my interest in general, I was particularly drawn to a recent exhibition titled "An Ode to Afrosurrealsim." In this body of work, Adama portrayed many scenes, typically involving the use of spiritual iconography. The dream-like posing and costuming of the images were very intriguing to me and offered an effect similar to that of what I am attempting to achieve.
Noelle Osvald-
Noelle Osvald is a Hungarian visual artist who creates black-and-white portraits with a surreal touch. The images feature shadowy figures in quiet backgrounds to evoke feelings of uncertainty and identity. I particularly enjoy her use of gender-fluid clothing, as she typically dresses her models in flowing cloaks that disguise shape and figure.
Gaelle Elma-
Gaëlle Elma was born in Haiti and now lives in Montréal. Her work revisits our perceptions of racialized bodies, projecting vulnerability and the gentleness of nature. Her works are authentic portraits that seem to emerge from a suspended world, where the subject is sheltered from external social mechanisms.
Elliott Verdier-
Elliott Verdier is a documentary photographer based in Paris, France. Verdier travels across the world documenting for publications such as The New York Times and others however, he also produces works in this vein of documentary photography that can stand alone as fine art portraits.
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