Anselm Skogstad (b. 1983, in Starnberg, Germany) is a German-American artist living and working in New York, NY and Munich, Germany.

Between 2002 when Skogstad first arrived in New York City and 2006, he “customized’ his art education. He began experiencing the New York art scene whilst working for renowned artists Christopher Makos and David LaChapelle as well as Magnum Photos. Further more, Skogstad began attending a selection of courses at the International Center of Photography and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Skogstad worked on an extensive body of work entitled American Portrait whilst being based in San Francisco, CA for several months where he also attended the San Francisco Art Institute.

Throughout his work, Skogstad creates visuals, which often implement multiple layers using mixed media. He works in series allowing each piece to be part of a whole, not being titled individually. Skogstad also insists on setting technical boundaries in which he works for each specific series.

During recent years, Skogstad has had numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States. He is represented by galleries and curators, amongst those are Dr. Philipp Gutbrod, President, Villa Grisebach Auctions, Inc., New York, NY and David Guiraud, Paris, France. Upcoming future exhibitions of Skogstad’s work, scheduled through 2011, will be on display in Paris, Munich, Berlin, Boston and New York.

Photographs taken of Godzilla with friends, family, and fans on one of the first original sets of the movie series, not to mention his famous victory dance. I love how these images bring such a wonderful sense of humor to a monster that started out being depicted as an evil, destructive beast. Oh how he’s captured our hearts.

There’s something romantic about black and white photography. With that said, here are two pictures I’ve recently taken that I’d like to share with y’all. Enjoy.

The New York Times released today a series of 14 videos of actors who defined cinema in 2010.  Enjoy!

Screen shot of Natalie Portman's video.

OGDENSBURG, NY NOVEMBER 2006

I have been working on a new Zine, it should be coming out soon. If interested get in touch with Juophoto (at) mac (dot) com

Here is a sneak peak at one of the pages