Holger Pooten and Lara Jade are two UK-based photographers whose portfolios have recently impressed me, specifically their personal work. I’m not sure what it is about having a disturbing element contrasted with a clean, fashion, styled aesthetic (like the image above by Holger) but for some reason I find it really engaging and comical - almost like black humour I guess. Holger’s personal work reminded me of Steven Meisel’s State of Emergency shoot for Vogue a few years ago. I really liked it but it created a lot of controversy when it was released, and I can see why, perhaps this was always the intention though and something that these two photographers are trying to achieve as well.