Best Photographer

Drawing from his own Southern upbringing with a family that taxidermied for fun, JODY FAUSETT explores the uncanny line between the living and the dead in his memorable images of dead foxes, bobcats and other fauna hanging out in suburban living rooms. Fausett’s works merge a brooding sci-fi ambiance and David Lynch gothic into a haunting body of work. A fashion photographer by day who recently re-emigrated from Manhattan to the land of his birth, Fausett has milked the mysterious South for everything it’s worth. Locals appear to be paying attention, because Fausett’s photographs have received some serious play, showing up at venues across the city, including Whitespace and StudioSwan at Serenbe. less...

Drawing from his own Southern upbringing with a family that taxidermied for fun, JODY FAUSETT explores the uncanny line between the living and the dead in his memorable images of dead foxes, bobcats and other fauna hanging out in suburban living rooms. Fausett's works merge a brooding sci-fi ambiance and David Lynch gothic into a haunting body of work. A fashion photographer by day who recently re-emigrated from Manhattan to the land of his birth, Fausett has milked the mysterious South for everything it's worth. Locals appear to be paying attention, because Fausett's photographs have received some serious play, showing up at venues across the city, including Whitespace and StudioSwan at Serenbe. less...

Though 2002 marked the sad departure of JILL LARSON for Pittsburgh, this Atlanta photographer has made her mark on the city with her provocative, often shocking images of menstruation, cellulite, scars and the myriad imperfections that make us human, offering critique without dogma, and a remarkably subtle kind of poetry. less...