Emerging Artists 2008

Emerging Artists 2008

REED + RADER

reedandrader.com

Fashion photography duo Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader take their influences from a host of experiences -- not all of them photographic. These recent SVA graduates, both 25, have a contemporary understanding of how photography functions, with a website including links to a YouTube video of their portfolio, a blog by their cat, and Polaroids. Their commissions, often incorporating cut-and-paste, overlaying, and montage, feel fresh in this staid time for the fashion industry. The images are fun without being anodyne and could benefit from even more departure from tired fashion tropes and finger-in-mouth poses. -- SUSAN BRIGHT