Anthony Blasko’s The Way Things Are focuses on the photogher’s family, on his father’s side, over a 5 year period. He  captures the universal experiences of loss, growth, and change brought on by the passing of time. It is the first volume of the ongoing project.

Select images from The Way Things Are follow. Purchase here.

Amazing photographs from Beijing-based, British photographer Jasper James.

James’ clients include – Ferrari, British Airways, Wrigley’s, Volvo, Bosch, China Mobile, Marks and Spencer, Bank of China, QQ.Com, Ritz Carlton, Mandarin Oriental, Dockers, Wallpaper, Traveler, Travel and Leisure, Departures, Mens Journal, Telegraph Magazine, Dwell, Vanity Fair, Monocle.

Many more follow after the jump.

Fashion shoot by Neil Mota for Zinc Magazine.

Photography: Neil Mota
H&M: Paco
Stylist: THAO

More after the jump.

Directory, a solo showing of Xerox prints shot by Ari Marcopolous from 2007 to 2010, opens tonight at White Columns. The works on display related to Marcopolous forthcoming book, also titled Directory, which launches from Rizzoli on April 15, 2011. Coincidentally, that is also the day before exhibitions closing date.

Directory runs from March 15 to April 16, 2011.

White Columns
320 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10014

“In 1976 Elizabeth Taylor visited Iran for the first and only time. Accompanying her was Firooz Zahedi, today a successful Hollywood photographer but then a recent art school graduate just learning his craft. Iran provided an exotic and engaging locale for Taylor, a tireless global wanderer still at the height of her fame.”

Photographs by Firooz Zahedi
Ahmanson Building, Level 4, LACMA
February 26, 2011–June 12, 2011

Famed fashion photographer Viktor Vauthier has completed a new project for Urban Outfitters. Shot on 35mm film, the shoot finds the East London-based photographer toying with the theme “These are the days, The time is now.”

Check out a selection of Vauthier’s work for UO after the jump.

Emiliano Granado’s latest project, Time For Print, is a catalog of portraits from Model Mayhem. It is a study of beauty and sexuality in the internet age. Time for Print refers to photographer/model work done simply for the advancement of individual portfolios.

See more from Time for Print after the jump.

Cult of Stacks, an exhibition highlighting 11 years of design and skate photography related to the Stacks brand opens on March 18 at Beams T-Harjuku. Eric Elms, Kevin Lyons, Geoff McFetridge, Michael Leon, Evan Hecox, Paul Stec, Laura Leon, Steven Harrington, Nick Neubeck, Rick Myers, Paul Hutchison, Mark Owens, Bob Kronbauer, Matt Irving, Rob Abeyta Jr., Mike O’Meally, Jon Humphries, Joshua Petherick, Andy Jenkins, and Jonathan Zawada, Gillian Schwartz are represented. The exhibition will run through March 31, 2011. (via Club Mumble).

More images follow.

Mighty fine photographs from the talented Beryl Fine make for a charming new book of portraits. Fine points her camera at San Francisco Bicycle Messengers, a group with unique personalities that make for rich and engaging subjects. At just $25, the book is also a steal.

Learn more at Beryl Fine.

Lots of bike porn after the jump.