As I was trying to decide who to share with you for this week’s artist feature I realized I was completely ignoring a flickr feed that’s been sitting on my own firefox bookmarks toolbar for some time now.
Allister Dougherty is a photographer based in Los Angeles, and I’ve recently become a huge fan of her work. She does some great work with the inanimate, but it’s her shots that deal with people and humanity as a subject that really set her apart. Everyone of her portraits seems alive and practically buzzes with contained energy. She has an obvious flare for composition and I haven’t seen a boring pose yet. Even her still lifes brim with intensity.
While you’ll see several wonderful black and white shot’s in Dougherty’s gallery, you’ll also notice her excellent use of color in many of the shots. Again, I have to marvel at her eye for composition, positive and negative space are perfectly balanced as are the colors, whether mellow or extreme. Her gallery also clearly displays her skills in both darkroom work and digital enhancement.
I first came across Dougherty’s art when I was reviewing the upcoming social networking site Virb for an internet entrepreneurship
blog. I came across her profile there and was led to her flickr feed which instantly captured my attention. After browsing through page after page of quality work I decided not to miss the any of the many more wonderful pieces she was sure to produce. Allister Dougherty became the first artist who’s flickr feed sat beside the blogs and newsfeeds I read.
I’m tempted to just keep rambling and showing off more of her art here, but I’m sure she’d rather you see it on her own pages. Here’s a few places you can check it out:
note: All images in this post are the work and property of Allister Dougherty. All rights reserved.
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