Florence Henri, Bauhaus photographer

Florence Henri, Composition, c. 1930-35 (source: cavetocanvas)

I love the informality of this picture, and the inversion of what one might think is the subject, or at least the focal point, of the composition.

"The Invisible Mother"

More here, at Retronaut

Brian Ulrich: Dark Stores

Brian Ulrich's series of photographs of shopping malls after-hours reveals one of the truest aspects of consumerism and capitalism: the essentially anti-humanistic, or anti-humane, mechanisms that one nevertheless is compelled toward. Some of these scenes look like they are pulled from a sci-fi flick.

It may be of relevance that I come from New Jersey, one of the capitols of the Mega Mall, and have an incredibly love/hate relationship with the things...mostly hate. I suppose I have a visceral, familiar reaction to these in that respect.

Please look at more of Ulrich's work at his website: http://notifbutwhen.com/

Simen Johan

Simen Johan's photography brings romanticism back to depictions of nature. Some of these seem to be taken, expertly, at the original source- i.e., going into the wild and taking images of these animals as he sees them, while many others are taxidermic displays that he sets up like stage and performers. In either case, they are perfect portraits of nature, like Audubon's birds and other such work.