Oct. 2, #FollowFriday

One of the nice things about having worked at newspapers for so long and now being involved in social media is that I've gotten to know lots of cool people over the years, among them some very talented photographers.I thought I'd share some of those folks with you for my Follow Friday this week.@jessewright: I've never met Jesse. In fact, I've not had much communication with him at all. But when I went to the MediaBistro Circus conference in May, slides of his work was projected onto a screen between panels and during breaks. Fortunately, his Twitter handle was listed on one slide, so I was able to add him right there and then. New York-based, he takes lots of shots of the city I love, but with the eye of a native. He doesn't tweet a lot, but often sends out links to new shots on Flickr and when I catch them, I usually RT them. Check out his work.@Rickdeliaphoto: When I started at the newspaper in Arizona, Rick was a contract freelancer for the photo department and I always enjoyed going out on assignments with him. We'd gotten back in touch via LinkedIn a couple years ago, and then when I was in Italy earlier this year, randomly ended up speaking with a woman who knew him. Small World Story #527. He has an impressive portfolio, having spent a year in Uganda documenting the war there, as well as the work of some NGOs in the country.@FitzgeraldPhoto: Brian was another freelancer for the paper I worked for in Arizona. Since that time, he's worked all over the place and currently lives in Maine. He also has gotten out of the fulltime newspaper business (shocking, I know). I was just looking through his website and, man, does he have some nice stuff on there. A stand-up guy, he's done a little of everything in the photography world and has a fabulous portfolio.@MaggieSoladay: I met Maggie a month ago at the Mashable Social Good Conference, but she's one of those rare people you meet and can feel as if you've known for years. She's in India right now, documenting the cool work of the nonprofit she's part of, @SalaamGarage. She's in India right now, but is coming back home in the next couple of days. Her photography is beautiful, but her spirit even more so.@Jonathan360: I got to know Jon through Digg, of all places, though he's not very active there anymore. I love looking at his online portfolio, which ranges from fashion shoots to portraits of Mexican wrestlers. You can find him on Twitter quite a bit, and you may already be following him - you and 71,000 other people (he started using this long before a lot of us). Check him out.That's it for my recommendations this week. As usual, please leave any recommendations in the comments section. I love finding cool new people to follow.