Pop Art was a worldwide phenomenon that exploded in the 1960s, which quickly spread to the rest of the world
Especially associated with artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, pop art is actually inspired by popular culture and in the Art of Photography!.
At the same time, pop culture has also unleashed amazing energies within the world of photographers.
Since photography has become part of our lives, some photographers have flooded our consciousness, specifically with images full of art, in life inspired by pop culture.
In the Art of Photography, pop culture influenced photographers who incorporated an aesthetic of Pop Art into their work
With that in mind, meet below some photographers who were inspired by everyday objects, scenes of commercial life and modern consumerism.
Yener Torun
Yener Torun was born in Turhal, Turkey, in 1982 and currently resides in Istanbul.
In 2014, he started a photography project on his account at Instagram @cimkedi, focusing on lesser known buildings and back streets of his hometown.
Gray Malin
Gray Malin is an American photographer and bestselling author of the New York Times, who photographs in more remote locations around the world, such as Antarctica, Bhutan, and Namibia.
Aleksandra Kingo
Aleksandra Kingo is a photographer who is well known for her playful and quirky style, working with the use of strong colors and wit. She works with the best brands and advertising agencies in Europe and the USA.
George Byrne
George Byrne creates photographs that depict everyday surfaces and landscapes. Borrowing the clarity of the sharpness of modernist painting, he also makes reference to the New Topographics photography movement inspired by everyday urban life.
Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf is a German-born photographer, raised in the United States and Canada, returning to Germany to study photography before spending most of his career in Asia, his work challenges categorization.
Hugh Kretschmer
Hugh Kretschmer was born in Los Angeles and grew up in a family of artists, discovering photography at age 13 under the guidance of his father, who was a photo-instrumentation engineer
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