The fierce growl of Mingus’s bass, the reverent pose of Bill Evans bowing to his piano, the ferocious smile of Louis Armstrong, radiating like sunlight behind his shiny trumpet: these are some of the faces that appear in Roberto Polillo’s collection of photographs, entitled ‘Jazz Icons’.Along with these, Keith Jarrett is portrayed dancing above his keyboard, Miles Davis becomes a dark shadow in the distance, Abbey Lincoln is caught in a moment of surprise. The Italian photographer was able to record the soul of the 1960s jazz scene, through the hundreds of protagonists he met with his lens between the years 1962 and 1975.

He has dived into the mysterious sea realm, crossed the liquid frontier and immersed his whole life into the beauty of its secrets, but not yet grown gills. He grew up basking on the sun-kissed beaches of Florida's east coast and learned the sophisticated language of its majestic creatures, the often mistakenly stigmatised giants who inhabit the depths of the acquatic world and still to this day can't quench the human thirst for domain. Here is a small glimpse into the outlook of James Ferrara, the fearless underwater photographer and man who whispers to sharks.

The “70 years of Porsche sports car” anniversary made it all possible: Peter Lindbergh, known for his fashion photography and his images of well-known subjects, has done Porsche the honour of making the concept study of the first fully electric Porsche, the Mission E, and the iconic 911 sports car the subjects of a new series of photographs.

Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist whose fame came to him through his unique work. He creates photographic self-portraits by hiding his body within the surrounding environment.

Among the stand-out sailing personalities of the world we find, without a shadow of a doubt, Carlo Borlenghi, the most famous sailing photographer in the world, of whom we have the great pleasure of showing you some splendid shots.

 “Be Unique” is the message, Fashion Photographer Joseph Cardo wants the next generation of photographers to remember. Joseph was born in the quaint town of Puglia in the South of Italy. As a child he was influenced by his culture and family that has led him to this phenomenal career as one of today’s most talented photographers.

It's our immense pleasure to gift you an interview with Dr. Matthias Harder, the Chief Curator of the Helmut Newton Foundation since 2004. His dedication to divulge Helmut Newton's work keeps him alive, allows many to discover the vision of the variegated feminine universe that made him famous worldwide. Thanks to Dr. Harder, we can understand a bit more of a great artist who shaped the second half of the past century with a shocking, revolutionary touch.

"One of my worst fears is that one day I would run out of ideas. Therefore I constantly try to find new inspirations. I love indie films, literature, psychology, music, painting, installation art and so on. I like to observe people’s behaviors and interactions or just everything around me. I collect random elements that I find interesting and store them in the back of my mind, then let those mingle and dissolve together; and magically, ideas are born. Haha."

Praise to Individuality. London based Photographer Danny Baldwin presents his Skin Deep project.
Danny Baldwin is a photographer who is pushing forward the boundaries of his profession. The exhibition he is about to release is called Skin Deep. His eye captured what fashion seemed to dislike in the past: tattooed bodies.

Yves Kortum is a photographer. He was born in Luxembourg in 1969 and he began shooting in 1987; his expertise comes from the field since he left the school of photography where he was studying in Bruxelles. Then, in 1993 he started to work as a freelance fashion photographer. In 2005 he moved to Paris where he specialised in hair photography and now he works for big brands including L'Oréal Professional, RTL, Schwarzkopf, Wella, Davines and Jitrois.

The photographer we had the pleasure to interview for SHOT this time, seems to be not afraid to try, challenge himself in different moods and pictures, so that every editorial is a different editorial, every story tells us something different. And in fact it’s really hard to be dissatisfied by the results, from our part.

His images are full of strong feelings, even if they’re just pictures you could feel that sensation of a fist in the stomach and also the softest concepts can steal your eyes.

My background is somewhat unusual since I come from an industrial setting, I worked for several years the profession of designer mechanical designer, which of course does not have much in common with photography, as if everything leads to everything ...

It would take more than a thousand words to describe the explosive flame of femininity that Szymon Brodziak captures in only one image. The particular mastery of immortalizing nudity into black & white is making Szymon Brodziak the artistic heir of the legendary Helmut Newton.

When it comes to photography everyone has his own concept of beauty and art. Creativity rises from the culture everyone lives in and it keeps its influences from all over the world. Pisid Whangvisarn AkA Pi8id is a fashion and fine art photographer from Bankok.