Being friends with Benjamin Askinas for a while now, I have come to understand his art and process — matchmaking narrative with photography. He’s set meticulous standards outside simple, ordained beauty photography and expands into the aberrant.

We've been eyeing Shawn Hanna's work for a while. His work just keeps getting better. Shawn not only shoots well technically but his creative vision and art direction are stunning. His connection with the models he shoots is evident and I love the balance of sexuality and tastefulness.

Words and images by: Jillian Powers

Shortly after the release of our first feature about DarkAngelØne I was stoked to find an email from the artist in my mailbox thanking me for the nice words and publicity.

"Lips" has caught our attention with some kick-ass makeup tricks from the magic hat of Meyloo and Lucie Brémeault. We acknowledge the overall creativity, and the great work with textures, photography and retouching. ---

Neil Craver has been able to capture the human form underwater better than we've seen in a long time. It draws upon the colored underwater stills from Michael Muller's great white shark series but instead of ferocity we are given elegance.

With summer just around the bend we found it fitting to feature the photography of Jenavieve Belair.

Garrett's photography moves. His knack for creating action in a still frame is breathtaking, and his understanding of composition and color only adds to the gesture in his photography.