Los Angeles based photographer Tyler Shields has been working professionally for about seven years now, after he broke into the industry 20 years old. His interest in photography stemmed from his original job of directing music videos. Shield’s success in the field of photography grew as his Myspace page and personal website drew attention from a number of famous actors and musicians. Now his work has been published all over the place, including Rolling Stone and Vogue Italia. “I just try to show people the way i see the world,” he says when I ask him about his inspirations. And after seven years of pushing the boundaries, he’s still creating breath taking and thought provoking work. “At the moment I am working on the book the dirty side of glamor and I’m also having something new coming out May 3rd that will be insane, I am very excited about it!”

Until then, let’s enjoy some of his current work, here’s some of it:

Steven Klein’s editorial Extreme Couture starring pop star Rihanna, is featured in the September edition of Vogue Italia. I usually don’t post editorials with pop stars, but this editorial really got me. Steven Klein is one of the biggest names within fashion photography, and has worked for all the big magazines, as well as collaborated with Madonna on different projects.

Here’s Extreme Couture by Steven Klein:

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):

I have a thing for Greg Kadel’s outdoor photography. I simply love the mood he’s able to get in to his images. Kadel is based in New York, but was born and raised in Philadelphia. He has shot editorials for Vogue Italia and Harper’s Bazaar, but is most known for being a frequent contributor to Numero.

Mert Alas & Markus Piggott photographs Iris Strubegger for this black and white editorial published in Vogue Italia’s March 2009 issue.

Anja Rubik shines in this editorial called “I Spy”, shot by talented photographer Ellen von Unwerth. It was published in the April 2009 issue of Vogue Italia.