© Bao Nguyen

Hours of pent up energy explode at New York’s Madison Square Garden as Bao Nguyen captures the moment Arcade Fire finally takes the stage. This crowd shot was included in the winners gallery of the 2010 Ultimate Music Moment contest.

© Tilley Harris. A selection from the Young Photographers Alliance (YPA) 2010 Mentoring Program, Team London.

Pictured above: A British mother and child make the most of a staycation by pitching a tent in a local field. Harris’s image is part of the exhibition, Answering Adversity, which opens today January 14 at Manhattan’s Calumet Gallery.

During summer 2010, 38 young photographers in 11 cities across North America and in Great Britain participated in this unique mentorship program organized by the Young Photographers Alliance non-profit. This initiative sent teams of emerging photographers and their mentors into the field to capture stories of innovation, determination and courage during hard times in response to the Answering Adversity theme. “Many struggling farm owners who set up campsites on their farms have been extremely surprised by the financial success of their substitute business ventures,” Harris notes in an essay about her images archived on the YPA Web site.  To learn more about YPA and its many initiatives click here. To see more of Harris’s work click here.

© David Walter Banks

LUCEO’s second annual group show, ‘Altered States: The Way We Live Today’, curated by Brian Clamp of ClampArt, will open  at 25CPW Gallery on Wednesday, January 19th.  There will also be a panel discussion to kick off the night on the future of documentary photography with TIME Magazine Deputy Photo Editor Paul Moakley, Jim Estrin of The New York Times LENS Blog, and Brian Clamp of ClampArt from 6-7pm, followed by the opening. The limited edition exhibition catalogue is available here.

All photos © Grant Gunderson. Above: Zack Giffin skiing through Termas de Chillan where natural hot springs exist at the bottom of every run.

Grant Gunderson is a Mt. Baker Washington-based ski photographer. His work continues to appear in magazines like Powder, Skiing, and Backcountry, and he is the photo editor of The Ski Journal. To see more of Gunderson’s work click here.

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All Photos © Shannon Greer

During a visit to the San Diego Safari Park I had the good fortune to meet a friendly giraffe and a hungry white rhino. In Aruba at Renaissance Island I was pleased to meet an inquisitive flamingo who wasn’t camera shy at all. Shooting outside one’s normal parameters can be both relaxing and rewarding. – Shannon Greer

Shannon Greer is an editorial and lifestyle photographer based in New York.  To see more of Greer’s work click here.

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