Photographer Feature 1

http://www.clayenos.com/
Clay Enos is a portrait photographer.  I first found out about his work while researching costume design on the Watchmen movie, as he was the official photographer the film.   I liked it so much that I bought portrait book.  These portraits were all in black and white with lots of contrast, showing every pore and wrinkle on the actors.  He was able to capture his subjects in a very natural way that did not feel at all posed.

In addition to the photos for the Watchmen film, he also shot for the production of Suckerpunch.  Clay has photographed celebrities such as Kid Rock and Avril Lavigne.  He also shoots spontaneous portraits on the streets of New York and in the city nightlife.  He calls himself spontaneous and edgy, and he says that he “refuses to be pigeonholed into any one category of photography.”  He is currently travelling to shoot a series on food production that sans for Las Vegas to South America.

A look at the rest of his work shows many portraits with an honest, open feel.  They are both in black and white and color, and they give a frank view of the subject.  Things like freckles are not edited out but brought out to give each photo a unique, personal feel.  He also has photos from his travels of both people and locations, beautiful and rundown.  Even the presentation of the locations from a field to a poor city to a classroom feel like blunt, accurate portrayals with skewing of perspective or glamorization.