When Jacob A. Riis, a police reporter in New York, began his personal campaign to expose the misery of the underprivileged living in the crime-infested slums of the lower East side, he soon found that the printed word was not sufficiently convincing, and so he turned to photography by flashlight.

19th century photography, Dark, Depressive, Documentary photography, Egalitarian, Grotesque, In-your-face, Monochromatic, Political, Social realism, Social revolution, Urban

Bright, Grotesque, Surface, Surreal

According to Wikipedia: Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain. Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo, and the Jim Henso

Dense, Dramatic, Epic, Grotesque, Huge, Intense, Surface, Surreal

Neck Face is a graffiti artist born in 1984 in Stockton, California. He is known for his frightening drawing style. Neck Face originally worked in Stockton and Lodi, California, where he attended Bear Creek High School and Tokay High School. Neck Face gained a great deal of notice through his affixin

Abstract, Experimental, Funny, Grotesque, Profane, Rebel