© Sally Mann

Annie Leibovitz: a renowned photographer who got her big break as the chief photographer of Rolling Stonemagazine. There, Leibovitz helped define the look of the magazine with her intimate and iconic photographs of celebrities, including Yoko Ono and John Lennon on the day of his death, Demi Moore pregnant and nude, and Whoopi Goldberg in a bathtub full of milk.

Annie Griffiths Belt: a well-known landscape photographer, who got her big break as one of the first female photographers to work for National Geographic magazine, where she traveled the world shooting exotic places and people. Her inspiring collection of photographs has been featured in Lifemagazine, Geo, Stern magazine, Smithsonian magazine and dozens of other publications.

Dorthea Lange: she was an influential American documentary photographer, who’s best known for chronicling the Great Depression and photographing migratory farm workers, as well as the unemployed and homeless. During the 1930s, Lange worked for the federal Resettlement Administration (RA) that was later called the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Her most famous piece of work, “Migrant Mother,” features Florence Owens Thompson and her two children.

Lauren Greenfield: one of today’s most important and controversial photographers. Her work focuses on the major issues affecting young women today, including body image, eating disorders, wealth, beauty, media and consumerism. Greenfield’s photography is shocking and unglamorous, but she manages to capture a great deal of truth and emotion with each shot. Greenfield is commended for her curiosity and bravery that has brought light to the ugly pressures affecting today’s youth.

Martine Barrat: influenced the industry by photographing people who are often forgotten in society. Barrat was known for taking photos of African Americans living in Harlem and South Bronx, New York, and becoming a member of their community. She lived by and developed strong relationships with her subjects. This unique approach to photography and professional research has made her quite the innovator.

Mary Ellen Mark: she has revolutionized the photography industry with her stark black and white portraits that typically capture the weak, homeless and unusual. In order to photograph her subjects in such vulnerable and intimate moments, Mark will sometimes live with them to gain a greater perspective of their daily lives and challenges. One of her most famous photos features a homeless family crammed inside a dilapidated car. Her gritty, raw pictures combined with her compassionate nature toward her subjects truly resonate with fans and makes her a one-of-a-kind photographer.

Sally Mann: she has impacted the photography industry with her powerful black and white photographs of children and landscapes of the Deep South. The Lexington, Virginia, native got her start photographing her three children and husband, and eventually added landscapes of Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia and Georgia to the mix. Mann has been known to use damaged cameras and scratched lenses to capture a dark, ghostly look. Her organic and intimate depictions of children and nature set her apart from the rest.

Diane Arbus: a revolutionary photographer who pushed the envelope by photographing social outcasts and those who were thought to be deviant, such as giants, dwarfs, transvestites, circus performers and nudists. Arbus’ signature black and white photos of people on the fringes of society became very popular and she became the first American photographer to have an exhibition at the Venice Biennale.

Julia Margaret Cameron: a British photographer during the 1800s, who became known for her celebrity portraits and Arthurian-themed photos. She was one of the first photographers to do closely cropped portraits. Cameron may not have been appreciated during her time, but she was later revered as a major influence to modern photography.

Jill Greenberg: an innovative photographer known for her stunning portraits and fine art work. The self-described “manipulator” has created a personal style of staging and physically or digitally manipulating her images in a way that almost always causes controversy. Greenberg’s most famous work includes herEnd Times portrait series that featured controversial images of crying and distressed toddlers, as well as her various celebrity and CEO portraits.

Gran Scala, a 17€ billion entertainment city to be built on 2,025 hectares in the Spanish Aragón desert (Los Monegros) by a British-based consortium: International Leisure Development (ILD) .

© Arantxa Alcubierre [more photographs]

The government of the autonomous Spanish region of Aragón and ILD signed an agreement on 12th December 2007, to build the vast amusement and casino park in the vicinity of the village of Los Monegros. Several investigations about ILD shareholders with dubious backgrounds, delayed deadlines, political bribes, a new “custom-made” low, future environmental disasters, and even more suspicions have caused a polemic among the great majority of Aragon citizens, ecologists and the slightly leftist politicians who are against this ambitious project. It appeared that only Ontiñena inhabitants and the actual Aragon Government remain in support of it. Developers have already paid 14% of the money to the lands owners (most of them Ontiñena inhabitants), they would pay the rest in June and October. But the economic crisis could derail this project. ILD, is accumulating delays and claims, that are seriously questioning the future of Gran Scala.

So now, ILD has directed its plans to Soria which, while the Gran Scala project pending agonizing death certificate after the 22 M, have reappeared hand hinge party IDES (Development Initiative Soria), whose candidate for mayor of the city, Luis Bonilla, identified them as the promoters of its flagship project for the next legislative Celtiberian Earth, a leisure complex covering more than thirty hectares devoted to people’s culture that dominated the plateau in ancient times and generate an investment of fifty million euros.

This is Ontiñena.

Gran Scala, a 17€ billion entertainment city to be built on 2,025 hectares in the Spanish Aragón desert (Los Monegros) by a British-based consortium: International Leisure Development (ILD) .

The government of the autonomous Spanish region of Aragón and ILD signed an agreement on 12th December 2007, to build the vast amusement and casino park in the vicinity of the village of Los Monegros. Several investigations about ILD shareholders with dubious backgrounds, delayed deadlines, political bribes, a new “custom-made” low, future environmental disasters, and even more suspicions have caused a polemic among the great majority of Aragon citizens, ecologists and the slightly leftist politicians who are against this ambitious project. It appeared that only Ontiñena inhabitants and the actual Aragon Government remain in support of it. Developers have already paid 14% of the money to the lands owners (most of them Ontiñena inhabitants), they would pay the rest in June and October. But the economic crisis could derail this project. ILD, is accumulating delays and claims, that are seriously questioning the future of Gran Scala.

So now, ILD has directed its plans to Soria which, while the Gran Scala project pending agonizing death certificate after the 22 M, have reappeared hand hinge party IDES (Development Initiative Soria), whose candidate for mayor of the city, Luis Bonilla, identified them as the promoters of its flagship project for the next legislative Celtiberian Earth, a leisure complex covering more than thirty hectares devoted to people’s culture that dominated the plateau in ancient times and generate an investment of fifty million euros.

This is Ontiñena.

Ignacio uses acidic and buril over metallic surfaces giving life to his paintings, creating textures and building landscapes, fog, clouds… If we understand photography as light, in this case light is also creating images, skies, sceneries, atmospheres…one single painting could be more than a hundred, depending on the way the light reflects on it and where you are standing as a spectator.

If you are in Spain and want to see his art he has an exhibition in Zaragoza (March 22nd / April 20th). Do not miss it if you live in this city!

I have watched many night photography videos, but no one like this one. In this video Scott Martin and Lance Keimig explain us how to take amazing night photographs, they literally paint with light. We can see here how they work in darkness, creating great images, giving us a beautiful and inspiring introduction to night photography.

This is an international Street Photography Festival, although it has its main activities (workshops, exhibitions, lectures…) in King’s Cross London, it offers an International Award. The international winner will receive £1,000 cash plus an all expenses paid trip to the exhibition launch and awards ceremony in London.

Street photography can be interpreted in many ways, sometimes more easily defined as a method than a genre. But there are always common key aspects such as spontaneity and careful observation; its documentary evidence of life, social habits and journeys in the public realm; it captures and explores contemporary society and the relationships between individuals and their surroundings; sense that the captured scene isunplanned, with an absence of prior arrangement…

If you do not live in the UK but want to submit your photograph, click here for more info.

Some of you will find youself here!

All photographs © Arantxa Alcubierre

You will find more than 50 photographs to choose on different sizes, formats, black and white photographs, colour photographs… Have a thought now… Have you got your Xmas presents sorted out? Photographs are a good idea! Take a look at them and leave your opinion!

All photographs are printed on Digital C-type Fuji Crystal Archive paper with a gloss finish, which accentuates the colour to give a punchy, rich feel. Photographic prints, created on light sensitive professional photographic paper using a finely balanced red, green & blue light sourcePrints are available in four different dimensions, which sizes are from 12 x 8 inches up to 24 x 16 inches, or 18 x 6 icnhes and 60 x20 inches for panoramic photographs. Check dimmensions on each photograph.

If you are interested in a different size or any other kind of print such as mate, canvas, metallic base… or you liked any other picture at this website that you would like to purchase, do not hesitate to contact me.

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We went to Tavira, Lagos, Luz, Carrapateira, Sagres and small villages we found in our way. As usual, I took the camera with me, but the most of the days I left it the room…, so here you have 1 photo per day.

© Arantxa Alcubierre

On September 2009 we visited the south of Portugal, Algarve. Flying from London to Faro, we spent nine days travelling and visiting this area.

We went to Tavira, Lagos, Luz, Carrapateira, Sagres and small villages we found in our way. As usual, I took the camera with me, but the most of the days I left it the room…, so here you have 1 photo per day.

I hope you like them.