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A Photo Success Story

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To the uneducated eye, the image above might not strike you as all that remarkable, but that’s because it is so convincing in every detail. If you’re a professional photographer …

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New Portraiture from Stuart McClymont

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British Actress Georgina Sutcliffe bares all as a classic Odalisque. Actors Adrian Villiers and Adrian Schiller are captured starkly in black and white, while the portrait of Duggie Fields supplies us with …

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A Shout Out from The Washington Post

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The art directors at the Washington Post commissioned a lot of illustration last year. Work by more than 450 artists worldwide appeared in print and online for the Post. Five Workbook …

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Jackson Smith: Personal Project

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Jackson knew he wanted to do something with the box of old woodworking tools that had belonged to his grandfather. He first photographed them on white, but not satisfied, he created what …

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Latest Additions: January 15th – January 21st

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Christian Brecheis counters the increasingly staged, artificial sport and lifestyle photographs with an unbeatable strategy: naturalness. An enthusiastic athlete himself, Brecheis approaches the genre with an exceptional sensitivity for the …

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Gayle Kabaker’s Latest: The New Yorker Cover

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This is actually Gayle Kabaker‘s second NEW YORKER cover. You might remember the cover below, from 2012. In addition, she recently created the image for the cover of RESIST!

Hunter Freeman Illuminates a Start-up

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Shooting stills and motion in Malibu, Bonneville Salt Flats, and Yosemite National Park with no agency and no comps all added up to a “dream job” for photographer Hunter Freeman and producer Connie Conway. …

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Japanese Sports Stars Star in Advertising Campaigns

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Sports photographer Satoshi Minakawa shot two ad campaigns featuring  professional Japanese athletes: tennis player Kei Nishikori, currently ranked world No. 6, for the new Jaguar F-Pace Ad Campaign, “Game. Set. Match.” …

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Happy Chinese New Year!

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  Jing Jing was commission by Arc Worldwide in Chicago to create imagery in honor of the Chinese Year of The Rooster, which appears on posters and other printed promotional items. Once again, we see …

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Feathers and Hair

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Jing Jing Tsong‘s colorful and beautifully textured illustrations will soon appear in Feathers and Hair, What Animals Wear, written by Jennifer Ward and Published by Simon and Schuster.  Kirkus gives …

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Another New Project from Dana Hursey

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Dana recently worked with High, Wide, and Handsome to create this series of ads for print and web, the first for Cup Noodles in ten years.  They’re also in keeping with Dana’s …

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Dana Hursey’s Lowe’s Campaign

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When creatives at Pure Red in Charleston, North Carolina needed a photographer for their upcoming Lowe’s campaign, they turned to Workbook and found Dana Hursey. Judging by the results, CD Jeff …

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What’s New from The Liz Sanders Group

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JUDY REED SILVER created this intricate and beautifully designed compass rose for EarthLust Bottles. EarthLust bottles are handmade from recyclable high-quality #304 (18/8) food grade stainless steel, which is unlined …

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Greg Betza’s Latest in Animation

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What began as a mostly illustrated assignment with a few motion elements grew into three fully animated promotions for InterContinental Hotels, in which Greg drew every frame himself. Greg created the storyboard for …

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Eloqui Launches

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  Mark has been in the illustration world for more than 30 years and has much to say about its past and future. On the blog portion of his site he …

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Latest Additions: January 8th – 14th

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Scott Dorman, who graduated with honors from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1992 with a degree in communication arts and design, is the driving force behind Smalldog Imageworks. After working for a …

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Rocco Baviera Keeps an Open Mind

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Rocco Baviera‘s elegant, graphic illustrations are a perfect solve for any writer dealing with  complex issues. In his latest project for Trends Quarterly, Rocco creates three visual metaphors for an article on mindset that …

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Zach Anderson Takes to The Canyon

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On a recent shoot, photographer Zach Anderson made use of two features unique to life in Los Angeles: the beautiful natural light and the canyon roads that connect much of this …

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Mendola’s Best of the Best 2016

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  Illustration is a constantly evolving medium, and Mendola Artists spent 2016 exploring all the ways in which to utilize their many talents for themselves and their clients. They are …

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Jonathan Chapman Listens for Visual Cues

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  Sounds that we take for granted can be a revelation for someone who has encountered hearing loss. It was Jonathan Chapman and his production team’s job to capture what millions of …

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David Plunkert for WIRED Japan

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  In his feature series, “Way Passed Future,” writer Tom Kwanda focuses on four highly influential Japanese writers who utilized science and state-of-the-art technology in their writings to further their artistic expression. Illustrator/designer …

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Gren Group Helping to Fight Hunger

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In this season of giving, the Gren Group is doing its part by teaming up with the Ad Council and McCann Erickson to create this public service announcement to help the millions of Americans who struggle …

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Christmas on Instagram

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Workbook photographers are out there catching Christmas on the fly.

Illustrators are in a Festive Mood!

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Illustrators like Jeff Rogers, who created the GIF above, are all geared up for the holidays. The Workbook site is full of terrific holiday imagery we want to share with you here …

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The Latest from the Salzman Group

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As business conditions change we all adapt, and Richard Salzman knows this better than most. By the early 2000s, the rate and manner in which imagery was commissioned and consumed had changed …

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