Amidts the high energy buzz of art vending and champagne sipping that was Show Off 2009, one photo series set itself apart from the rest: The Birthday Party. A native Australian, but long time Parisian resident, Vee Speer’s most recent series is a provacatively elegant look at childhood. In the following interview, Vee discusses her main photo projects to date, her experiences being a female photographer and her upcoming series “Immortal.”

Doug Pensinger is a photographer for Getty Image and enjoys privileged access to shoot the best moments of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. While this is a privilege, it is also a great deal of professional pressure - every day you must bring back sensational pictures and immediately send them to the agency to be sold. This American photographer, and true sports fan, tells us the story of his “gold” picture.

To meet Nick Brandt, you need patience first of all, as this photographer is highly demanded and extremely bus, case in point: his latest work – “A shadow falls” – was opening in three European capitals within ten days! Lesphotographes.com managed to catch him in Brussels before he left for Paris: patience was rewarded. Nick Brandt is a photographer with a real and genuine passion for his subjects, African animals. His pictures bring this well-known photography genre to another level, adding intimacy and romance. He took his time (and missed his train) to share thoughts with lesphotographes.com on his work and the current condition of African animals.

Refined is the first word that comes to mind upon seeing one of Cathleen Naundorf’s photographs. It isn’t so much the world of high fashion that makes Cathleen’s work refined, but rather the portraits themselves, the elegant poses and the magnificent clothing by top fashion designers. Her unique artistic style resembles a painter’s and evokes a desire to collect these stunning photographs.

On a chilly December afternoon, I scuttled into the Winnipeg Art Gallery and entered into the world of Arno Rafael Minkkinen. As I walked through the exhibit, the beauty of each image was nearly intoxicating. I wondered at this creative form of self-portraiture and his body’s playful, yet graceful, interaction with the landscape. Nearly a year later, I had the honor of connecting with Arno for this interview, where we discussed his beginnings, his motivation and his artistic process.

One might ask the question, how does a scientist find his way to photography? For Carll Goodpasture, the connection between entomology and photography isn’t that far fetched. Though his photographic path began with explorations of identity, memory, people and place, his career has come to focus on environmentalism. Currently living and working in Norway, Carll shares with us his reflections on the meaning in his photographs and his art’s dedication to advocating for nature consciousness.

In a classical sense, the word ‘landscape’ evokes images of picturesque views, rural scenery, and extensive vistas. Photographer Wayne Gudmundson sees beyond this simplistic definition and employs landscape photography to explore his personal and geographical history. He has spent decades visually investigating how landscapes can represent both past, present and future generations. Following a retrospective show in 2007 and a television documentary in 2009, Gudmundson discusses a variety of photographic aspects, from literary influences to planning an exhibit.

He pulls up to the house, parks the old police cruiser so that the license plate is just visible if you squint: Enigma. He walks to the front door, already sporting his purple converse dancing shoes (with neon laces) and reaches for the door, fingers decorated with turquoise rings. Stuart Klipper is a hard character to describe with words, but his enthusiasm and quit wit make for delightful conversation. Stu has stopped by before heading to Sunday night Cajun dancing at a local bar…

It’s challenging to find a more honest word to describe Robb Siverson’s photography than variety. Mingling in a bit everything, from the dark room to commercial shoots, Robb’s work explores the vast possibilities of modern photography. As a photographic ‘jack of all trades,’ currently working in the Midwest, Robb explains to us his many photographic [...]

David Burdeny proposed through his work “Shorelines” landscapes of various shores with a remarkable atmosphere of peace and serenity. Long exposure, black and white. His recent work – “Icebergs” – brings us this time further from the coastline, into these cold and little known seas where ice giants wander. We leave the reassuring (black and white) atmosphere of the shores for a trip in color in the unknown where we face the chilling beauties of the Arctic and the Antarctic. We met the author in Brussels before the opening of his show in the Young gallery.