© Jane Fulton Alt

“Burn No. 49” from Jane Fulton Alt‘s series on controlled brush fires. She was “drawn to the ephemeral quality of the moment when life and death are not contradictory but are perceived as a single process to be embraced as a whole.”

Alt’s images, along with those of other artists featured in The Curator 2011 online gallery, are currently on display in the Milk Gallery in New York City. The opening reception will be held this Thursday, July 14th at 7:00 PM. Visit the RSVP page for details.

© Olivia Beasley / Charles Danby

Photographer Olivia Beasley collaborated with artist Charles Danby for their “Model Drawing” series. The intimate addition of pencil to the photographs are in contrast to the nature of photographic reproductions.

More images from this series can be seen in the The Look 2010 online gallery. The 2011 Contest is currently open for entries until June 30, but enter today to avoid late fees. A People’s Choice winner will also be selected.

© Klaus Enrique

“I had been working on a photography series in which I surrounded an isolated human body part with a large quantity of a certain object, when I was struck by the idea for this project. While I was photographing a human eye that was peeking out amongst hundreds of leaves, it occurred to me that I could actually utilize leaves to construct portraits or masks. I researched what other artists had created along these lines and discovered that, as usual, someone somewhere had already done something similar. In this case it was the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who made paintings with this concept in mind over 400 years ago. I decided to recreate Arcimboldo’s work, and eventually to create my own images with his paintings as inspiration.”

More Images from Klaus Enrique’s can be seen in the The Curator 2011 online gallery.

© Joe Pugliese / People

A portrait of Marine Corporal Aaron P. Mankin, injured in Iraq, from a story on Operation Mend. A collaboration between UCLA Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas., the goal of Operation Mend is to treat severely injured U.S. military personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Joe Pugliese’s series was included in the PDN Photo Annual 2011 online gallery.

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© Jacklyn Greenberg / JAGstudios

The bride gets a little help from her flower girl. Only her fingers could button the whole dress. Jacklyn Greenberg‘s portrait was included in the winners gallery of the 2011 Top Knots wedding photography contest.