
Sofya Tatarinova tries to find the space between the real and the imaginary using wildlife as her theme. ‘I am interested in showing scenes that could happen in real life by means of set-up photography.’ The image seen here, from Udmurtya, follows the theme of suicide in the Russian republic’s villages, ‘where men hang themselves in woods’. www.sofiatatarinova.ru
Fledgling photographers and imagemakers are ready to bring the world into a whole new focus
Photography: Paul McCann

Katy Dillon’s series Within Four Walls was inspired by Cold War public service information offering advice on civil defence. ‘The most bizarre guidance claimed that a neat and tidy home would be more likely to survive a nuclear bomb,’ she says. ‘That emphasis on visually enhancing domestic space as a means of survival is the focus of this project.’ www.katydillon.com

While at Parsons, fashion photographer Matthew Shrier secured work as a photographer’s assistant for the likes of Saks Fifth Avenue and Elle. This image from his series Spring was part of a fashion shoot of fellow Parsons student Gamu Moyo’s Amish-inspired menswear collection – hence the big black hat. www.matthewshrier.com


Pauline Miserez’s The Geography of Nowhere series captures something essential about her subjects in the stuff that surrounds them. Of this shot taken in the California home of Dashiell Miller, she says, ‘When I met him I felt he might be somehow lost. Through the mess and colours of the kitchen, I tried to capture some of my observations.’ www.paulinemiserez.ch

Marinka Zsuzsanna Alexandrovna will paint over photographs, scratch them and use unorthodox techniques to change textures and insert or remove layers. ‘With my series Mindless Bodies (pictured), the aim was to elaborate on the image of the body, as I became captivated by its versatility.’ alexandrovnapics.blogspot.hu