Photographer: Andy Barnes

After pouring over the latest Jayson Home & Garden fall catalog I just had to find out who the photographer behind the gorgeous interiors and stills are.  Andy Barnes, a local Chicago based photographer is the creator behind the images.  Aren't they dark and beautiful!?  I love the abandon
looking spaces they chose to shoot there vintage inspired furniture collections.  If you want to see more of him brilliant work you should check out his website too.  You'll be glad you did :)

Chicago Street Photographer Exhibit

My photographer friend at work sent me this link and I just couldn't wait to share it.  Vivian Maier who worked as a nanny in Chicago and the North Shore for most of her career is now being compared to Evan Walkers for all her street photographs she captured in the 50's-early 70's.  It's a crazy story that you must go and see this video to get all the details, but to sum it up over 100,000 negatives and more than 3,000 prints of her work were discovered in an estate auction shortly before her death in 2009. Some of those  prints are currently being exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center until April of this year and it's free to go and check out! I am personally not a big fan of street photography but her work just blows my mind! I can't to go see these in person.  Have a great weekend, stay warm & toasty!!

Photographer: Vee Speers

I couldn't take my eyes off this photographers new work. Vee Spears is an Australian born artist. Her newest work entitled The Birthday Party is a series of short stories linked by the theme of an imaginary birthday party. It is partly a self portrait with themes linked by the artists own childhood. I'm drawn to the starkness and colorless of her subjects. As well as the uneasiness their blank gazes portray. How interesting this is when artists use there own childhood experiences in creating new works of art. Do you find yourself ever thinking back on your own childhood for inspiration?

Hire Me Creative Blog!

In helping me to find a job that I LOVE this year, I've turned to the blogosphere for reinforcements. Hire Me Creative is my newest creation and I'm excited to put my work out there in hopes of finding a workplace that is creative, fun, and forward thinking. But most importantly I wish to be part of a team that produces great work that matters. Here you can find my resume and browse my photo, styling, and design portfolios, horray for organized files at last!! My first assingment was making a promo for Stephen Hamilton Inc. He's a fabulous food photographer in Chicago who is looking for an assistant to help manage his social media networks and studios photography. How exciting to get to write about such inspiring imagry that they produce! Oh, how I wish to work in a studio as lofty as his! Crossing my fingers and eyes that I get an interview!

Terry Evans

New work from the ever talented photographer Terry Evans. These are so spacious and lush. Makes me long to venture on a week long road trip! See more of her photos from her Matfield Green Project.

{ Show Me Yours....}

I thought these shots found over at Creature Comforts and Muse were great and fun to share. EZ, looks like you had a great time photographing your sister's wedding! My version has yet to be shot, what would yours look like?

{Photographer: EZ @ Creature Comforts}

{Photographer: Heather Waraksa}

{Photographer: Aaron Delesie}

{ Janne Peters: Photography }

My newest find is German photographer Janne Peters. This artist has a simplistic and beautiful way of photographing stills, food, and interiors. A really fresh and lovely body of work. Enjoy!