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Nikki Trexel is a photographer based out of Lincoln, Nebraska. She has a passion for photography and in exploring the beauty of something overlooked into something fascinating. That`s what I love about her macro shots... you may look at a grassy field every day of your life and its just... grass. But when you get close to it, frame it in a shot and capture it`s essence, suddenly it`s art!
She sells her original photographic art in pearlescent prints, regular matte prints, framed and matted prints, greeting cards, and calendars.
This is a quote from Etsy shop which I just love. ``The art comes from within, and the camera is the medium.`` So true!
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Liva Rutmane

Liva Rutmane is an art student in Latvia, and I find her Etsy shop most interesting. I loved being in art school, because you had the freedom to try so many styles and mediums, and this is evident from her shop. She’s got original work, etchings, drawings and woodcuts. Some of her subject matter is pretty different, but in a good, thought provoking way!
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PHOTOmenagerie

Nicole Underwood is an artist and photographer based out of New Mexico. She has a BFA degree with concentrations in printmaking and photography and her work is definitely a good combination of the two mediums. Her work is so ethereal and unusual. For me her pieces evoke a sort of surreal, spiritual and fuzzy edged altered reality with many layers to uncover. I love the images with the horses... despite my *small* fear of them since I was bucked from a pony when I was 5!
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violetjulia

Julia is a Virginia based artist who makes these incredible prints from her original Polaroid photographs.
Having always lived in the city, her move to rural Virginia has inspired her to revisit her love for instant Polaroid photography. These photographs are a selection of works from several series that explore the deep forest and rural landscape. The images reflect her interest in finding the details in the unbroken areas of the forest. She is also attracted to the expanses of land where built environments mingle with nature in between cities.
Polaroid photos were kind of ahead of their time, weren’t they? With film camera’s you just had to hope you got the money shot, but with the Polaroid you got to see your pictures right away.... it really was the most amazing thing to see the picture develop right before your eyes! I was never able to take pictures that look like this with my Polaroid though!
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Dana Laymon

Dana Laymon is a Wilmington, NC based photographer. She does weddings, belly pics and engagement shots as well as her art photography.
I love this shot of New York City with the FEDEX truck (Well, it looks like a graffiti covered FEDEX truck anyways!) For about 5 years I did wholesale trade shows in New York and always shipped my goods via FEDEX. Did you know that you can ship directly to a FEDEX location, then go and pick it up there? I started doing this after I shipped my jewellery to the hotel I was staying at ( they said they would secure the box under lock and key) and found it sitting in the lobby when I got there, for anyone to walk away with. That’s some good customer service- NOT!
Oh how I miss New York. sigh...
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Kimberly Rose

Kimberly Rose is a San Diego based photographer who uses the rather new medium of digital photo manipulation to her advantage. She's a self-taught photographer who does a lot of experimentation to get the look and feel that she's looking for in her prints. Some of her images are surreal, and some are beautifully simple. I love the image with the butterflies, there's just something so haunting and innocent about it!
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