Kyle Thompson is a 21 year old photographer based out of Chicago, Illinois. His work is mind-blowing for any age, but still, what's so mesmerizing is how young this man is. Highly refined with simple details and organically powerful.

Hui+ is a photographer who has been featured on Empty Kingdom's Top 100 of 2011, and this is now her fourth feature. Her EK credentials are certainly vast, and we're always happy to bring her back. Since her first appearance in 2010, she continues to feed her viewers with earthly atmospheric realms that's delicate, ethereal, and just simply lovely.

Most of our faithful fans know that we here at EK do what we do simply for the love of Art. And if you don't know, now you know. We originally started our site to share our love of Art with the world, but it grew quickly from a fun side project to an intense, all-consuming labor of love, and now, we have been blessed with this beautiful baby whose life it is our job to nurture and grow in a positive, impactful way. Our dream is to be a 90/10 company, meaning we donate 90% of our company's net income and keep only 10%. Take a moment to think about how retardedly difficult that sounds. There isn't a businessman in the world who'd invest in a business plan like that.

Rodrigo Dada is a photographer based out of San Salvador, El Salvador. "Vortex" is a project about personal crisis and the human ability to regenerate, to rise from our ashes. Through the absurd, I explore the contemporary world, to find meaning in the meaningless, through the irony I aim to bring awareness about alienation. I reflect on absurd situations between people and objects in everyday life. The struggle to reach a balance and find meaning."

Ren Hang is a pretty damn raw Chinese photographer that really has no limit or censorship to his visual poetry. He'll portray his naked friends in deranged obscure sexual positions with other sensually posed buddies against beautiful landscapes. Either way, he is bad ass and we've missed him. The images featured on here are toned down so go to his website for more crazy shit.

Nastya Kaletkina is a Russian photographer that enjoys shooting with old analog cameras. No digital bullshit.

Daria Endresen is a digital artist/photo-manipulator that works out of Oslo, Norway and Paris, France. "The time heals not all wounds. There is humans, those bleeds a life long. That is the price, which pay the protection among us. Certainly they are admired, perhaps even loved – nevertheless they bleed – each day – each hour… You do not see correctly. Nobody does that."

Aaron Ansarov is photographer currently based out of Florida who worked as a military photographer for 15 years after initially joining the Navy after high school. What you see today isn't abstract mirrored photography edited digitally in post, but rather Ansarov photographing actual Portuguese Man O’ War. Say whaaaaa?

Thomas Devaux is a French photographer who works out of Paris, France with a modern approach in the world of fashion. The exorbitance within his wardrobe and the mood behind each image is very rich, grand, and refined with sophistication.

Caroline Mackintosh is a photographer currently based out of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. If you like what you see, I definitely encourage folks to check out more of Mackintosh's work on her site because she has a significant and very diverse body of work that we couldn't shove into one post.

Oleg Oprisco is a photographer from Kiev, Ukraine with a clever approach to perspective, composition, and the use of color that'll make you look twice.

Mark Maggiori was previously featured back in August 2011, and I'm excited to bring him back because besides a successful photography career, Maggiori is also a painter...and a damn good one. Today, we feature some of Maggiori's paintings as well as some of his newer photographic works since his last feature.

Vadim Stein was born in Kiev (Ukraine) in 1967, where he received an education in the sphere of sculpture and restoration. Eventually, he worked in theater for many years and it became necessary for him to photograph his work. By working behind the camera, he brings out the beauty of balance, tranquility, and aesthetics with extremely talented acrobatic models and performers through a fine art approach.

Izima Kaoru is a Japanese photographer that combines death and fashion in a very seductive way. He invites actresses and models to reveal their fantasies about a perfect death: above all, he asks them which designer clothes they would like to wear when they die.

Ingrid Endel is an Australian dancer at heart, but after an unfortunate accident dislocating her knee a second time, she had to end her career indefinitely. She picked up a camera while recovering and discovered a new passion. Now shooting beautiful conceptual pieces within her natural surroundings, Endel portrays the spirit of a dancer through the eyes of the lens.

Kirill Kuletski is a Russian photographer based in London that explores the process of using photography as a means to capture mood, and to more closely replicate the exact atmosphere which the photographer experienced at the time when the picture was taken. His images specifically focus on situations where the subject being documented becomes a medium which translates the artist’s state of mind into a visual form – one which can be experienced by others, accurately reflecting the feelings and emotions which were originally encountered.

Adrien Lacheré is a photographer currently based in France who regularly travels around the world shooting anything and everything he can.

Leanne Surfleet is an analog photographer based in the UK that explores the subject of the self through the use of expired film and Polaroids.

Mclean Stephenson is a photographer based out Sydney, Australia who is raw, unpolished, and lil' rough around the edges, which complements his nitty gritty style. This artist submitted his work to our Empty Kingdom Flickr Pool, so be sure to take a look around, submit to us, and maybe you can be featured just like him.

Sara C. aka Saraseaside is a photographer based out of Barcelona, Spain who has a range of images that makes you feel like you're looking through a beautiful visual diary with a personal photojournalistic approach.