_Juan Pablo Giusepponi – Public Portrait – @the_juanito

Flickr: http://flickr.com/aracnofobia
Twitter : @the_juanito

I’m Juan Pablo Giusepponi, 19 years old amateur photographer and freelance designer, actually living in San Luis, ARGENTINA. I’ve been into photography and design for many years and managed to read everyday a little bit more about the two.

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_Lisa Marek – Public Portrait – @fatcatartstudio

Website: www.fatcatartstudio.com
Flickr: fatcatphotobuzz
Twitter: @fatcatartstudio

I love design, typography  and all things beautiful – especially in nature. My earliest memories of designing were as a kid, sitting on my grandparents porch redesigning the Sears Catalog. My lifelong dreams include managing a magazine as creative director and shooting photography for National Geographic. (more…)

_Trudy Hamilton – Public Portrait – @thetrudz

Website: Tru Shots Photography
Twitter: @thetrudz

I have always loved art. My first true experience with art was not in photography but in fact painting. Even in childhood years, I realized the freedom, the expression and and the storytelling possible with art.

I ventured into photography in adolescence and reconnected with it in my twenties. I  combine the external environment with a person’s internal environment, or their personality to create images. To me, many of my images are juxtapositions between a revealed self and a hidden self; both are relevant, both are true.

Some people think that photographers are painters or models on the inside, hiding and afraid. Not so. Though there is some of me that is revealed and some that is hidden, I still see myself for who I am and I am not afraid. For me, a portrait like this one of me does reveal me. There is more to me than just my face. There is my story. And a camera and photography is a part of that story. Expressing that story and others’ stories is my passion. I believe that the only way to truly be free is to explore that which you are passionate about and to excite passion in others. Thus, as a photographer, I am free.]

Trudy

_Lydia J Koranda – Public Portrait – @lydiajae

Website : http://lydiajae.deviantart.com
Twitter : @lydiajae

People fascinate me.  The way we look, the way we speak, the way we interact, what we listen to, what we watch…

I grew up as an “Army brat” and ended up bouncing all over the world as a child.  I feel that I’m blessed to have had those experiences and to remember them as vividly as I do.  The internet and all this social networking has truly made this world so much smaller and I love every bit of it.  You can connect with just about anyone else in the world in an instant.  That’s truly amazing and hope I never take that for granted.

I’ve been drawing people my whole life.  Creating portraits of people is one of my favorite things to do.  I love photography, doing graphic design work, or just simple craft work as well, but when I get to recreate someone’s image – whether it be on a canvas with a whole spectrum of colors in oils or with a black ball point pen on a napkin – that’s when I’m at my happiest.

I love meeting new people and networking – there’s always something I can do for someone and vice versa – find me and let me know what it is!

Lydia J Koranda

Colophon

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