Anna Alexander: Director of Photography, WIRED
CCA Photo Program
@ccaphotoprogram
First of all, you should all be following your local art schools and photo centers for info on everything new in your local photo world. A couple of them I follow are the California College of Arts and the Harvey Milk Photo Center in San Francisco.
Harley Weir
@harleyweir
If you know me, you know I like the weird and the creepy. I'll follow anyone who takes me down a severely ominous rabbithole, which is what happened to me when I discovered Harley Weir, or most likely she was forwarded to me by one of my fellow creepy art friends.
I typically don't follow people who have a bazillion followers (except @prideofgypsies of course)- but Harley is too stunning and inspiring to miss.
Jenna Garrett
@particulr
Jenna Garrett is a quiet fire of photo love. Yes, she is a photographer and yes, she is a photo editor and so many other yes things. I just love everything she does, bring on the Missouri culture!
Shayan Asgharnia
@shayanhathaway
I have no idea how he has time to make such addictive Instagram moments, but Shayan Asgharnia does it all. Clearly, he is busy shooting incredible work all the time, but he gives and he gives to his photo fans like me. I find myself inner-shouting with agreeance everytime his stories pass my vertical screen. Also: dogs.
Noémie Marguerite
@noemiemarguerite
I have no idea when I found Noemie Marguerite on Instagram, but it was sometime last year. Complete rabbit hole. I think I went through her entire archive over like three hours, staring at every corner of every frame. The tones. The moods. The feelings. She continues to provide the same feelings she did when I first came across her. Thank you for being an artist and for being intentional about your shit (her truest words).
Suzanne Saroff
@hisuzanne
We shoot a lot of product at WIRED and we do many many conceptual works for pieces that are security / genome / blockchain, etc. based when there is NOTHING to shoot for those pieces. This is where artists like Suzanne Saroff come in handy. She has such beautiful still life. It's not products. It's just flora beyond anything you've ever seen. So beautiful and gooey.
Jack Strutz
@strutz
MORE STILL LIFE PORN. Thank you, Jack Strutz. I love everything I see here, so colorful and weird angles and crispy.