Talented Young Photographers

I had a post a while back for talented photographers from flickr, but my eye has been on these young photographers for a while, they are very talented and still in their teens! Its a little disheartening really to us..older..photographers ;)

Anyway here is a list of photographers to watch, 18 and younger (in no particular order).

Firstly I'll mention 3 girls whose work influence each other, at least the overall mood and tone of their images have similarities, as well as the dominance of self portraits, and quirky shots of the everyday.

Lenaah - a 15 yr old from England, her creative self portraits and portraits of friends always amaze me in their originality. In a world where everyones ideas are borrowed or inspired by someone elses, she finds a way to be different.



Chrissie White - a 15 yr old from the U.S, again like Lenaah, she has a mix of self portraits and portraits of friends, but I especially like her selfportraits. Anyone who has attempted the flickr 365 photo a day project knows how challenging it can be to take a self portrait a different way a day, but Chrissie has managed to do so. Similiar to Lenaah, a lot of her photos picture the every day life, with a quirky bent, a darker undertone.



Dorellena - a 13? yr old from the US, she first came to my attention with an incredible self portrait of herself in bathers in the snow. Her photos are less processed then the previous two girls, however they are no less creative. While she doesn't upload frequently, she is still one to watch.



Emma - a 14 yr old from the US, and one of the most well known faces on flickr (her mum is another talented flickr photographer), Emma is a photographer in her own right. While the previous flickr girls photos often have a darker tone to them, Emma's photos are about friends, family and the joy of being young in suburban America, and thus much of her work features bright colours, cheerful children and beautiful bokeh.



A. Denomay - a 17 yr old Canadian boy who impressed me long ago with his fashion portraits, he raises the bar of what fashion portraits should be like. Even in fashion magazines I see a predominance of ideas being copied, photoshopped skin, blurry out of focus shots. But this guy does none of that, and still creates great images. Destined for great things!



Lastly, Matt Caplin, an 18 yr old from my city, Perth (Australia) whose beautiful portraits of his younger sisters are captivating. In todays digital world, Matt shows why film can be better. Sadly he doesn't seem to upload images very often anymore, however his photos are still worth going back to every now and then.



Anyway, these are the young photographers I have been watching for at least a year and whose work continues to amaze me (and fill me with jealousy!). Theres probably lots more kids out there, I'm sure soon there will be 10 yr olds taking portraits and photoshopping at an adult level, but for now, these teenagers are it and give an interesting insight into their lives.