Composition Spotlight — July Edition
Our favorite works from the past month.
Each month, we feature emerging artists who are among the paid members of Compositionally Inclined.
Here are the strongest visuals from each submission, chosen through Composition’s lens. The following collection explores a wide range of projects, each selected to live inside the visual world we curate across our platform.
Remnants by Sam Jupp
This photo series by Jupp explores the traces of a family home in a fading seaside town. Overlooked objects take the forefront as the subjects in this series, representing the memories of loved ones that once inhabited the space.
The treatment of the images creates an overall feeling of nostalgia throughout the series. The dark lighting holds a reflective quality in the images presented, leading the viewer to question the stories behind what was captured.
See more of Jupp’s work here.
Artwork by Jaden Glass
Glass draws on his personal experience growing up in Arizona to create work that explores his upbringing through his own resources. He focuses on using his own backstory to tell a story through his work.
These two works reflect the internal emotions of Glass’ memories through the expression of a raw final product. The crude compositions and filters applied to the photographs showcase the dark and negative emotions surrounding the development of Glass’ work.
Take a look at the various mediums Glass explores on his Instagram.
Lines of Electricity by Aiden Mann
Mann photographs telephone poles and electrical wires around his home in New Jersey. He explores the tangled but organized nature of these structures to create images documenting how they exist in space.
An otherwise overlooked part of first-world infrastructure is examined through a new perspective as carefully arranged objects. Mann creates satisfying images that explore infrastructure as subjects rather than an unwanted part of our environment.
See more of Mann’s work here.
The Artist by Max Ruslan
This documentary project explores the process of Marc Rios, a contemporary artist recognised for creating portraits through a unique dripping technique.
This film serves as Part 1 of an ongoing series by Ruslan and his studio, exploring the artist’s relationship to the work, rather than focusing on their final product. The documentary serves as an intimate and cinematic view into the progression of Rios’ identity as an artist, and how his work has taken form.
Watch the film and see the rest of Ruslan’s work on his website. More from his production studio, Sunday, on their website.
What Lies Beyond the Veil by Lizzy Dawson
This project is from Dawson’s senior thesis at Savannah College of Art and Design. It explores finding safety in loneliness rather than discomfort.
The images stay close and quiet. The series shows the value that isolation provides, rather than an attempt to escape it.
See more of Dawson’s work here.
Submissions for August’s edition are open exclusively to members.
Photography by Phoebe Krebs
Krebs is a fashion photographer and director based in NYC. Her work explores the evolution of growth through a documentary-style approach to editorial photoshoots.
She focuses on developing strong connections with her subjects to create narrative-driven work. This connection is core to Krebs’ process; the comfort of her subjects allows her to capture a more interesting perspective.
See more of her work on her website.
Field Notes: Washington Square Park by Zinnia Siegel
Siegel is an NYC-based photographer who captures people in the spaces they inhabit, typically within the social environments she naturally occupies.
This series from a skatepark in New York reflects the grittiness of both the city and the sport itself. The texture and colors of the photos emphasize this theme to create a proper representation of street skating culture.
See the rest of Zinnia’s work in her portfolio.
DRIFT — At The Party by UNVEIL Studio
This series was created as an extension of the world built by French producer Renaud Letang’s (aka DRIFT) debut album. The series is comprised of 500 AI-generated images centered on the concept of a surreal reality, “adrift.”
Leaning into the raw, unfiltered aesthetic of iPhone imagery, the work drives home the feeling of an uncanny world, only achieved when rendered through AI as a medium. The scenes tread the line between the possible and impossible through an imaginary universe that is grounded in everyday encounters.
See the music video for At The Party here. Take a look at other projects from UNVEIL Studio on their website.
Permanent Vacation by Rajan Garg
This project was created over two years across Florida, Virginia, and New York. Garg explores environmental portraits of his subjects across both rural and urban landscapes.
Throughout the shots, the subjects appear in a state of contemplation, contrasting their internal world against their quiet environments. The result is a particularly silent atmosphere that bleeds through the images.
See more of Garg’s work on his Instagram.
L’arc en Ciel by Clément Blanchart
Following a group of offshore fishermen off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Blanchart documents the tasks completed by this small group of men on their seacraft.
The project explores the relationship between these men, offering a more intimate look into the connection they develop throughout the profession. The ocean serves as an atmospheric backdrop to capture the rhythm of the workers’ movements. This contrasts with the general sentiment of grittiness and intensity that most of society holds regarding the profession.
See Blanchart’s work on his Instagram.
Submissions for August’s edition are open exclusively to members.
Drugi Obieg (Second Circulation) by Filip Naumienko and Kacper Lipka
Drugi Obieg is a photography duo that focuses on street and human photography. The duo explores tools beyond the camera to tell entertaining stories of the subjects they capture.
The chaotic nature of these images leans into the overstimulating nature of current society, as social media has taken hold of the daily lives of many. It is clear the duo’s desire to expand beyond only the camera in their process, leading to a collage-esque product that is jarring yet captivating.
See more from the duo’s collaborative Instagram page.
Traveling for Culture by Caitlin Anderson
Anderson captures scenes throughout her travels across the world, with a focus on immersing herself in the present moment when visiting these destinations.
Anderson maintains a desire for the viewers of her work to seek their own meaningful experiences, with her photographs serving as an inspiration for what one can find when exploring unfamiliar places.
See more of Anderson’s work here.
Different Shades of Water by Osinachi
Osinachi is a digital artist well known for creating artwork in Microsoft Word. This collection of works pays tribute to David Hockney's well-known paintings of swimming pools.
Osinachi renders his subjects as Black figures at leisure, a scene historically denied to them, alluding to the segregation-era exclusion from public pools across America. This work offers the rest and reflection of the characters as their own form of protest.
Take a look at more of Osinachi’s work on his website.
Abandoned Estate in Japan by Kaleb Stinger
Taken while exploring an abandoned, multimillion-dollar estate on the coast of Tokyo, Stinger captured the compound's buildings and the marble statues left behind.
The cruise ship in the distance sits at the center of both frames. A fixed point against the decay in the foreground. Here, the abandoned interior and the still-functioning world outside contrast one another to complete a full story. Captured by happenstance.
More of Stinger’s photography on his Instagram.
Submissions for August’s edition are open exclusively to members.
Photography by April Johnson
Johnson treats photography as a form of memory-keeping, with her work serving as mementos that accumulate, like objects on a shelf.
For Johnson, the people in these images have receded from her life; what remains are past experiences. Her work serves as a reminder that a photograph can outlast the story it was taken to tell.
See the rest of April’s work on her website.
Untitled by Kelly Pendery
Made over ten weeks during her final semester at Savannah College of Art and Design, this project turns self-portraiture into a therapeutic practice. Through Pendery’s work, she channels a childhood shaped by loss and dysfunction.
She uses portraiture to obscure parts of herself, concealing her likeness as a way of presenting her internal state. The vignette creates an intimacy around the images, leading the viewer to reflect on their own struggles.
See more of Pendery’s work on her portfolio site.
Ciudad Juárez City in Mexico by Adrian Reyes
This series documents the city of Juárez, which lies on the Rio Grande, south of El Paso, Texas. The city’s bridges allowed 80 million crossings in 2025, making Juárez a major point of entry and transportation into the U.S. for all of central and northern Mexico.
Even though the city is centered heavily around transit, it remains a city driven by locals and culture. Reyes' images explore that contrast. Here, the border serves as surrounding context to daily life that continues beyond what passes through it.
Take a look at the rest of Reyes’ work on his Instagram.
Forever, Wear, Repeat by Emmanuel Obianuju
This series follows Earfchild, a fictional character. Obianuju uses the character to rework campaign photography from the inside, bringing an unorthodox approach to commercial work, while still serving each brand’s underlying intent.
The result shifts editorial campaigns from a fixed format to a space to be reinterpreted. The approach creates more flexibility for Obianuju to build a world around the character, adapting his actions to different environments.
More from the Earfchild series on the character’s Instagram.
Ukrainian Youth by Yaryna Mohylyak
Mohylyak is a Ukrainian photographer capturing the lives of Ukrainian youth. Drawn to the nature of everyday experiences, her work tends toward the simplicity of the moments she captures.
The work carries a belief that youth should be met with a desire to seek new experiences, without hesitation. Her images push the viewer to maintain a willingness toward curiosity, without being caught up in the anxiety that plagues many among younger generations today.
Take a look at more of Mohylyak’s work here.
Thank you to every artist who submitted work for this month’s edition.
Submissions for August’s edition are now open.
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let’s not with the ai please