Hunter Helm: Five Artists

Joel Sternfeld resonates most with me, formally, through his use of color and very specific palettes. I value color photography most and I can always learn from the subtleties of color in his work. http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/joel-sternfeld

Dash Snow's work resonates with me and my work in that we share a similar disdain for most legal processes, law, and authority in general. His collage work and polaroids communicate that very blatantly. 

http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/dash_snow.htm

Ai Wei Wei's work is relevant to me on an intellectual level. To some, his work may seem ignorant and irreverent but he is making very conscious decisions to include very loaded motifs and even objects to communicate beliefs concerning history, objectification and historical significance, and often criticism and retaliation toward the Chinese government. 

http://aiweiwei.com/

I connect with Keegan Gibbs' work on a content based similarity because he is paid to document and sell an experience and lifestyle to people. One that he already lives. His content, whether it be personal or commercial his photographic content is dominated by the content of his life. 

http://keegangibbs.com/

Joachim Schmid's work is mostly the opposite of what I care about. She is currently collecting images simply as a visual history of culture, which I do actually care about but the way her work mifests that subject definitely turns me off. 

http://schmid.wordpress.com/