The top photo is from the prolific Rafal Milach. After deciding he wouldn’t make it as a musician because he “didn’t have an ear for music,” he moved to photography. His work centers around Eastern Europe and Russia and covers such topics as taxidermy, military school and everyday Russian life. His blog is also worth seeing.

The second photo is from Matt Black. A California resident who has captured some of the most true photos of what it means to be an immigrant in this country. The above shot is from an essay called Oaxacan Exodus and covers the population of indigenous Mexican immigrants that are settling in the valleys of central California and, as Matt says, “are experiencing some of the worst abuses and exploitation in the country.”

(…biased because they both shoot film.)