If I had to describe Tang Chan's work in one word I would say: distance. Even though she shoots portraits most of the time, there is a certain space between the viewer and the subject in her work. I stumbled upon her through a shuttercrack submission and fell instantley in love with her portfolio. You can see her work in real life at the CFYE "Spirit Level" exposition in Amsterdam during this month. Now first a interview with the great Tang herself.

The beauty of Carl W. Heindl's work is the huge amount of diversity in his images, but he yet manages to maintain a distinctive style. On a regular basis we saw his pictures popping up on shuttercrack, so we knew we were on to something great. We managed to get a few words from him before he and his camera are going into a deep winter sleep.

Taking photos of everyday situations while preserving the dignity of the subject is what makes M.A.M08 special. A strong photographer who really takes you by the hand and will let you have a look into his world. His mostly black and white work has a strong cinematographic feel to it what sucks you into the image. From his observing point of view he is consistent in portraying the delicacy of life with enough grace and respect that makes it comfortable to watch. We had a chat with this good spirited creative who has gained the respect he deserves from the flickr community and industry.

I often wonder if attending a pricey photography school / course is worth it. Everyday shuttercrack.com presents us astonishing pictures of photographers, that most of the time just picked up a camera and went crazy with it. The beauty of self education is that it let's you wonder around on the best creative playground that knows no boundaries or rules: your own imagination.

Chris Jones is such a self taught artist residing in the Victorian UK seaside town of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Using a mixture of digital photography and image manipulation software, Chris images present themselves on his website www.chemicalgdns.co.uk as altered realities; scenes that are at once familiar, simultaneously obscure, bizarre, puzzling or alien. Why limited yourself, use what feels good, in the end they are all instruments of your imagination.

Chris photography is greatly influenced by the ongoing and often tenuous balance between the dark and light sides of human perception. Of particular interest are the chemical reactions, thoughts and moods that translate, perceive and decode the world outside of us.

With shuttercrack we try be a highly inspirational photography website for our visitors. Well, it works for us tho, everyday we plunge in and bath in the pool of good spirited creativity. We came across Anthony Cronin, an amateur photographer who started with a 3 MP Point & Shoot Samsung. After he got the hang of it, he did a darkroom course bought a cheap second hand Nikon F75 and fallen in love with analog. Mainly shoots and develop at home these days. Visit his Flickr photostream to see more of his work.

In CFYE columns you will meet the thoughts of interesting and inspiring people from our network. This time we have Anthony Cronin. Read more about the Anthony in his CFYE SPAM interview right here.

We read in one of her testimonials that Lavive isn't one of those big rockstars of flickr, but she's something better. She's one of those people who quietly, behind the scenes, is always there, reliably, whose kind and thoughtful nature help transform flickr from a robotic image dump to a living and breathing community. We couldn't agree more. She's not big words, but her images speak louder. Yet we managed to get a little information out of this Canarie.

Everyday we come across stunning photography on our shuttercrack website. That also means we come across cool people who bless us with their work. We're always intrigued with photographers who gives us a little peek into their world. For them it's just plain normal, for us it's exciting to be a part of their life trough their images. Same with Tamara Lichtenstein from Houston, USA. She takes her camera with her on her daily adventures and documents everything she comes across. Her models are her friends, that could be one of the reasons that she can deliver such genuine up and personal work. If it worked for Ryan McGinley why not for Tamara..

We don't know why but the last weeks we came in touch with lots of cool people from South America, and especially Brazil. One of the main reasons I think, is that they are filled with postive energy and enthusiasm. We don't hug trees or anything but CFYE is all about positive karma loops and good spirited people. Take Ana for example, we came across her in the Shuttercrack Flickr pool. From that moment on, we were hooked by her portfolio and uplifting vibes.