Artist 49: Laurent Seroussi

I have clearly saved one of the best for second to last. (That statement loses so much strength with all of the modifiers).



But seriously, I really like this photographer. He does a little bit of everything and it all seems to come out fantastically. A lot of it focuses on costuming and makeup which I always like. It also tends to have a surreal quality which is a winner with me too. But there's also a fairly strong conceptual aspect as well. With the costuming and the surrealism. For example, the bug series. The artist merges photos of women and photos of bugs which although still pretty creepy and frightening, draws attention to the beautiful patterns and intricacies of bugs. Something that most people don't really notice otherwise.

He has another series called seaties, which blends seascapes and cityscapes, in a way that helps the viewer to appreciate the complementary nature of both. The thing that most struck me about this series was the compositions. The two different kinds of landscapes balanced each other really well. The cityscape gave the pieces lines and movement, while the seascapes served as a kind of breath of space within or between the cityscapes.

Here is a link to his site.