Los Angeles based photographer Jason Lee Parry has provided me with his latest story for Qvest, Easy Born Wild Ride, featuring the two beauties Masha Rudenko and Nadiya Chenko. Jason was featured on BTB for the first time back in April, and said this about what inspires him: “- Living in a tent in my living room and drinking whiskey for days on in, that’s when the ideas really start to flow. Or any kind of fort will do. 60s and 70s playboy mags, old motorcycle films, Jim Morrison’s Poetry, long road trips with little cash, recklessness, total freedom to be myself, Guy Bourdin, long walks at 3am, my beautiful humble woman, activities that have no meaning, bad weather, complete confidence without cockiness, being with people who do before they think, Very Small Towns and Villages, just doing shit that’s out of the ordinary.”

The post also includes a video from the shoot.

Credits
Photographer: Jason Lee Parry w/ current studio LA
Photography assistant: Jenny Sirney
Stylist: Leila Baboi and Danielle Defoe
Models:  Masha Rudenko and Nadiya Chenko w/ photogenics
Hair: Kristina Brown

Ben Trovato Blog is now over one year of age, and ever since the launch it has been a pleasure to promote the great work of the many aspiring fashion photographers in the industry! And hopefully there’s many to come. A big thanks to all the photographers, the readers, and all the people that are promoting the blog around the web, this couldn’t have been done without any of you. For the 200th post I will focus on the best of the work featured within the 199 posts published, not necessarily personal favorites, but the work that has gotten most attention and visitors after being published. In other words: The most popular work. However, some of the work has been picked because I felt it didn’t get the attention it deserved.

The “best of” collection consists of 40 images, one image per photographer. Click on the title or image to get to the actual post where the image was featured. Enjoy the amazing work collected through 199 posts over 1 year, in chronological order.

Oslo based fashion photographer Solveig Selj has worked up a great portfolio in the short time she’s been working professionally, including work for MTV, SVA Magazines, Campus, Platinum Love, Heart Magazine and Vanity Teen. Solveig gets inspired being around creative people: “-I love playful designers like Fam Irvoll, the evocative music of Jake Ziah and Julie Pike’s feminin photographic style. I also appreciate bloggers for finding and sharing their treasures with the world, making it easier to discover new and inspirational artists.”

Here’s some of her work, including two videos:

Los Angeles and New York City based fashion photographer Andrew Kuykendall has been working professionally for about two and a half years now, after trying out as an assistant first. “I got kicked out of art school in LA a few years ago and started assisting. I hated that and realized I had to do it myself,” he says. Since that his work has been published in magazines such as Oyster, Zoot, Celeste, Mirage, Material Girl, Qvest, Nico, Soma, Kult, Culture, Thrasher and I love Fake.

His list of sources of inspirations is long, but definitely one of the most interesting ones: “Egon Schiele, David Lynch, Tom Waits, Eastern Europe, road tips, Sushi, , the California/Nevada desert, Milan Kundera, pugs, hot sauce, Devo Lucien Freud, Henry Miller, vintage clown paintings, Glen Luchford, Scandinavian Black Metal, etc.”

What are you working on at the moment? “Video projects are very exciting at the moment. It’s just something new to play with and figure out so that’s fun. I also just finished a book of my Polaroids over the last 10 years. It’s very sexy and fun and everyone should buy one for their coffee tables. And if they don’t have coffee tables they should buy one anyways.”

Here’s some of his great work, including two of his videos:

I am very excited to introduce to you up and coming photographer/director Lyall Coburn. The talented South African is often collaborating on projects with his girlfriend Leanie Van Der Vyver, planning to work full time as film directors in the future. He’s inspired by everything from his girlfriend and his talented friends, to films that defy genre, sex, darkness, and the ocean.

His photo diary is a pleasure to scroll through, and it’s obvious that this guy has an incredible eye for photography. He has never worked professionally, and his photography hasn’t been published anywhere. Before now. Ben Trovato Blog is the first to feature his work! Introducing the dark and mysterious story “MurMur”:

Wow, this is a real goodie. Ever since Greg Williams’ shoot with Megan Fox for Esquire earlier this year, his photos have been featured on blogs and websites all around the world. So Greg is not one of those up and coming, because he’s already up there, but I believe his work will inspire a lot of you!

Greg started out as a photojournalist in the 90s, before moving over to film and worked as a “Special Photographer” on over 120 films including “King Kong”, “The Talented Mr Ripley”, “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Attonement”. In recent years Greg started shooting fashion, mostly for Vogue Italia, for whom he has shot several 20+ page editorials.

He has produced advertising campaigns for Omega, Lacoste, Hifiger, Dior, Dunhill, Escada and Barclays Bank.

Here’s some of his work (including Megan Fox film for Esquire, and a short film for Agent Provocateur, which Britain’s News of the World described as the “worlds sexiest advert”):

Good Morning, Megan Fox (video):