Your favourite photographer?

[joey]

I am new to photography but I am learning quickly. :)
If anyone wants to see my recent snapshots, you can find them at http://www.pbase.com/amarkin/ . I am using Nikon D50 which I bought a little less than a month ago and Ricoh GR Digital which I purchased 2 months ago.:D Any constructive critique or even a giggle will much appreciated. :)

Anyway, this is not what I was going to talk about. I'd like to know who are/were your favourite photographers and preferably with some examples of their works.
Mine is Toshihiro Oshima. I don't know much about this photographer, I only saw his work on pbase and flickr, which in my opinion is stunning, and many photographs are the masterpieces. He's using all types of cameras and lenses: film, digital, RF, digital RF, and MF. Mostly the RF imho, and some of my favourite images he photographed were captured with the RF. His work inspired me to get the RF and try to take few pictures. :D

Here are the URL addresses:

http://www.pbase.com/tommyoshima
http://flickr.com/photos/tommyoshima

If you have your favourite photographers please share their names; I'd like to see the photographs taken by talented photographers.

Thanks

[venchka]

GOOGLE Images can show you the way to the works of my faorites:

Edward & Brett Weston
Ansel Adams
Eliot Porter
Galen Rowell

Welcome to the RFF! Enjoy!

[SolaresLarrave]

A while ago, I would have said André Kertesz. A few months ago, I would have told you about Gary Winogrand too, but then I saw the work of Harry Callahan and changed my mind. However, I still like Robert Frank a lot (street photographer in Chicago & New York, 40s and 50s). I respect Henri Cartier-Bresson and Doisneau, but not as much as the guys above.

Come to think about it, Kertesz was a master at composition, so I'll stick with him.

[Bill58]

Sebastiao Salgado--for his uncanny ablity to raise sensitivity to the poor and downtrodden( Los Pobrecitos) of this world with his camera.

[J. Borger]

Andre Kertsesz & Harry Callahan ...... head & shoulders above the rest i like. These are the two i always return to!
Bill Brandt & Ralph Gibson come 2nd.
Mario Giacomelli is pretty extraordinary too ... !

[joey]

Thanks guys! I will be searching for their works on search engines. :)

[Jon Perry]

Robert Frank.

[pesphoto]

Andre Kertsesz & Harry Callahan ...... head & shoulders above the rest i like. These are the two i always return to!
Bill Brandt & Ralph Gibson come 2nd.
Mario Giacomelli is pretty extraordinary too ... !

Have to agree. ditto!!

[ClaremontPhoto]

Elliot Erwitt.

[RayPA]

There's too many nowadays, but the ones I always enjoy are Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, Josef Koudleka, Lee Friedlander.

Joey try the Master of Photography site. It should pop up on a Google search for most of the names listed thus far.

[petebarker]

larry burrows

[ghost]

lise sarfati.

[nightfly]

Daido Moriyama

[thurows]

No group of photographers is complete without mentioning the masters Ansel Adams (http://www.anseladams.com/), Henry Cartier Bresson (http://www.henricartierbresson.org/), W. Eugene Smith (http://www.smithfund.org/), and don't forget Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/wfp/) who started it all.

Modern photographers: Greg Heisler (http://www.gregoryheisler.com/detected.php?page=&pass=), James Nachtwey (http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/), and Chip Simons (http://www.chipsimons.com/) for his novel approach to photography.

I have to agree with Bill 58, Sebastiao Salgado is my favorite. Not only are his pictures visual masterpieces (timing, emotion, lighting, and depth) technically they are works of art. His photographs are not done justice in publications and deserve to be seen in person. His work is handled by Amazonas Images (http://amazonasimages.com/menu.html)

[jshelly]

I second Robert Frank

[lmd91343]

AA

But he used mostly LF. For people shots he used RFs and SLRs. I have one of his photos in my hallway, two books of his images, three of his "how to" books, and two of his posters. His books are well written too!

[RayPA]

Daido Moriyama

Yay! He almost made my list! Great!

:)

[RayPA]

[QUOTE=thurows]No group of photographers is complete without mentioning the masters .Ansel Adams (http://www.anseladams.com/), Henry Cartier Bresson (http://www.henricartierbresson.org/), W. Eugene Smith (http://www.smithfund.org/), and don't forget Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/wfp/) who started it all.

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QUOTE]

Really? I thought the question was for personal favorites. :) My list can go 50 deep before I even consider mentioning AA, and that's quite complete for me. :)

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[Marc-A.]

Tough choice:
Robert Doisneau
Sebastiao Salgado
Elliot Erwitt

[steve garza]

Here is one a little less known. Fan Ho made images in Hong Kong in the 50's and 60's using a Rollei. These are a few of the ocean based images. He also made many amazing Street images, some quite surreal and cinematic looking. He later went on to direct films which are now considered cult classics (not unlike S. Kubrick, who's recent book of images is terrific). Ho is still living and his work can be seen at modernbookgallerey.com I'd be interested to hear opinions on his work,

[RayPA]

Here is one a little less known. Fan Ho made images in Hong Kong in the 50's and 60's using a Rollei. These are a few of the ocean based images. He also made many amazing Street images, some quite surreal and cinematic looking. He later went on to direct films which are now considered cult classics (not unlike S. Kubrick, who's recent book of images is terrific). Ho is still living and his work can be seen at modernbookgallerey.com I'd be interested to hear opinions on his work,

Steve, from the three images I see here the work looks very photoshop-ish. It almost doesn't look real. Interesting, particularly for the 50's and 60's.

:)

[steve garza]

Steve, from the three images I see here the work looks very photoshop-ish. It almost doesn't look real. Interesting, particularly for the 50's and 60's.

:)

Ray,
I understand what you mean. I have seen some original prints by him (and was lucky enough to pick one up), and they are truly amazing. The b&w is quite interesting...a lot of play w/ shadows/sillouhettes against criss crossing Hong Kong train tracks. Ho recently enjoyed an exhibition in NY and it increased the interest level in his work. Also, Modern Book just published a book containing his images.

[joey]

I like these two by Tommy Oshima:

http://www.pbase.com/tommyoshima/image/53065035/large
http://www.pbase.com/tommyoshima/image/65720166

and he has so many interesting photographs. when you see wonderful photographs it makes go out and to some pictures. :)

[Simplify]

Edward S. Curtis

http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/toc.cgi

[santino]

Henri Cartier Bresson
Lorenzo Castore
and some others

[wlewisiii]

David Plowden

http://davidplowden.com/

William

[Marc-A.]

Here is one a little less known. Fan Ho made images in Hong Kong in the 50's and 60's using a Rollei. These are a few of the ocean based images. He also made many amazing Street images, some quite surreal and cinematic looking. He later went on to direct films which are now considered cult classics (not unlike S. Kubrick, who's recent book of images is terrific). Ho is still living and his work can be seen at modernbookgallerey.com I'd be interested to hear opinions on his work,


I didn't know him, he has amazing photos; but on the website the link of which you were giving us, I didn't see anything like the pictures you have posted. They don't seem real, as Ray has already stated.

[J. Borger]

Steve, from the three images I see here the work looks very photoshop-ish. It almost doesn't look real. Interesting, particularly for the 50's and 60's.

:)

I didn't know him, he has amazing photos; but on the website the link of which you were giving us, I didn't see anything like the pictures you have posted. They don't seem real, as Ray has already stated.

I agree .. the colorssamples shown .. i do not like them at all ...... but his B&W work is outstanding ... i bet you will like it ... see this link

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm

[Harry Lime]

In no particular order:

Eugene Smith
H.C.B.
Werner Bischof
Josef Koudelka
Robert Capa
List Herbert
Philip Jones Griffiths
James Nachtwey
Christoper Morris
George Rodger
Sebastiao Salgado
Ernst Haas
Garry Winogrand

and others...

[steve garza]

I agree .. the colorssamples shown .. i do not like them at all ...... but his B&W work is outstanding ... i bet you will like it ... see this link

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm

manipulated. I don't think b&w ones are. I do know they were processed long ago. Here's anothether w/ more realistic color. I don't think Ho was necessarily aiming for realistic color in some shots.

[Rafael]

Alex Webb (even though he shoots in colour).

[J. Borger]

manipulated. I don't think b&w ones are. I do know they were processed long ago. Here's anothether w/ more realistic color. I don't think Ho was necessarily aiming for realistic color in some shots.

I do not care if the colors are realisttic or artistic ... but i simply do not like his colorpictures.
In fact in general there are very few colorpictures i like. Just my personal taste :)
But like i said .. i consider his straight B&W work outstanding.

[Matthew Runkel]

Pentti Sammallahti

http://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/forms/homepage.cfm?image=1&id=68149&imagePosition=1&Door=1&Portfolio=Portfolio3&Gallery=1

http://www.perichgallery.com/Artists/Pentti_Sammallahti

[RayPA]

I agree .. the colorssamples shown .. i do not like them at all ...... but his B&W work is outstanding ... i bet you will like it ... see this link

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm

Wow! Yeah, there are some outstanding images there. He's doing some manipulation, though, even in b&w and particularly with water. SEE THIS ONE (http://www.modernbook.com/FHHKYRowing-on.jpg). Not that there's anything wrong with that. It sort of BECOMES the image though. The shot of the people coming down the large staircase in a mist of white light is pretty cool.

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[rxmd]

Here's another little known one: Seydou Keïta (e.g. http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/keita/default.html)

He ran a portrait studio in Bamako (Mali, former French West Africa) from the 1940s to 1960s and kept all the negatives. They are some of the most amazing and beautiful portraits I know, very modern and with a very distinctive style developed more or less in isolation. Also they tell us a lot about the people portrayed, how they wanted to be shown in photographs, and what photography and being photographed meant to them.

Philipp

[Jamie123]

I like Tommy Oshima's work but I think he's "just" a amateur photographer and not a professional (which doesn't really matter, of course). Have him on my "contacts list" on flickr and I check his work frequently.


There are a lot of photographers whose work I really appreciate like e.g. Robert Frank. I also think Jeff Wall's work is very nice when viewed as original (those big lightboxes are amazing to look at!).
Recently I've been quite interested in Amanda Marsalis' work ( www.amandamarsalis.com ). Not that her work is all that special but I've been trying to achieve those nice warm tones in some of my photographs.

[steve garza]

Wow! Yeah, there are some outstanding images there. He's doing some manipulation, though, even in b&w and particularly with water. SEE THIS ONE (http://www.modernbook.com/FHHKYRowing-on.jpg). Not that there's anything wrong with that. It sort of BECOMES the image though. The shot of the people coming down the large staircase in a mist of white light is pretty cool.

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I'm not so sure about that. I've seen physical prints and that b&w is very close to what's seen on those scans. His book is amazing by the way.

[RayPA]

I'm not so sure about that. I've seen physical prints and that b&w is very close to what's seen on those scans. His book is amazing by the way.

regardless, very nice work. Thanks for posting the link. :)

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[Nando]

I don't have a favourite. Fan Ho, who is mentioned above, is probably first photographer that I actively tried to seek out information about. I had several small posters of his photos on the wall of my dorm-room during my university days. My favourite photo of his was 'Approaching Shadow', which was more conventional than his surreal nature images but still very dramatic.

Here's a link to the photo. (http://www.photofreedom.eraof.net/images/fanho/FHHKYApproaching-shadow-web.jpg)

[joey]

I didn't know him, he has amazing photos; but on the website the link of which you were giving us, I didn't see anything like the pictures you have posted. They don't seem real, as Ray has already stated.
I like his photos too. Very interesting and unique.

[steve garza]

I don't have a favourite. Fan Ho, who is mentioned above, is probably first photographer that I actively tried to seek out information about. I had several small posters of his photos on the wall of my dorm-room during my university days. My favourite photo of his was 'Approaching Shadow', which was more conventional than his surreal nature images but still very dramatic.

Here's a link to the photo. (http://www.photofreedom.eraof.net/images/fanho/FHHKYApproaching-shadow-web.jpg)

Approaching Shadow is on the cover of his book.

[x-ray]

Tough call. In the top would be Edward Weston, Bret Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Dorthis Lange, Lewis Hine, Edward Curtis and Arnold Newman to mention a few. Too many great photographers to name them all.

I would say each of these greats have had an influence on my work and had the good fortune to study with both Ansel and Arnold Newman. I was also very fortunate to spend a day chatting about photography with Imogen Cuningham in her home and discussing photography with Bret Weston.

[Trius]

I have no single favourite, but want to add Minor White to the list. And I like who he was as a person as well.

Recently I have come to greatly admire Larry Towell, a Magnum photographer whom I saw at an Eastman House event on the 9th of this month.

[joey]

There are a lot of photographers whose work I really appreciate like e.g. Robert Frank. I also think Jeff Wall's work is very nice when viewed as original (those big lightboxes are amazing to look at!).
Recently I've been quite interested in Amanda Marsalis' work ( www.amandamarsalis.com (http://www.amandamarsalis.com) ). Not that her work is all that special but I've been trying to achieve those nice warm tones in some of my photographs.

Amanda's work is very special. :)

PS: I am glad I opened this thread. So many great photographs are there that I have not see. :)

[tomtodeath]

i really like some of this guys "inhabited" and "industrial landscapes", saw them in an issue of lenswork a while ago, forgot who it was, and then stumbled on it again. dont really have a favorite photogropher though.
http://www.chipforelli.com/

[ClaremontPhoto]

Stephanie Brim
Todd Landzs
Simon Larby

all in here

[colyn]

I would have to say Larry Burrows.

As a Navy photographer in Vietnam (70-71) I had the chance to see some of his work after his death..

[Bike Tourist]

The only woman I saw mentioned above was Dorthea Lange.

I can relate to most of the ones mentioned and would add:

Mary Ellen Mark

Eddie Adams

What Harry Lime said

Fred Maroon

[photocrazy]

Henri Cartier-Bresson, always my number one, appreciate his dark humour in photography.

Alexander Rodchenko,
Adam Ansel,
Alfred Eisenstaedt,
Edward Steichen,
Edward Weston,
IIse Bing

Comtempories:
Sebastiao Salgado,
Wu Jialin,

[RayPA]

The only woman I saw mentioned above was Dorthea Lange.

I can relate to most of the ones mentioned and would add:

Mary Ellen Mark

Eddie Adams

What Harry Lime said

Fred Maroon

Noooo...not quite :) \/ \/ \/

There's too many nowadays, but the ones I always enjoy are Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, Josef Koudleka, Lee Friedlander.

Joey try the Master of Photography site. It should pop up on a Google search for most of the names listed thus far.

...and I'lll add her mentor Lisette Model. :angel:


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[second sight]

I love the work of Pierre Verger (www.pierreverger.org/br/index.htm) and Marcel Gautherot, both mid-20th-century French photographers who worked extensively in Brazil.

[ghost]

lise is a girl.

[rolopix]

In no particular order, and only a few:

Sylvia Plachy
Tony Ray-Jones
Andre Kertesz
Garry Winogrand
Martin Parr
Walker Evans
Jeff Jacobson
Eugene Richards

[thelovecollect]

i have several favourites from all types of photography...

bruce davidson
eugene richards
antonin kratochvil
stephen shore
thomas ruff
eugene atget
thomas demand
andreas gursky
edward burtynsky
rineke dikjstra
nadav kander
liz von hoene
lauren greenfield
irving penn
simon johan
jean-pierre khazem
joel sternfeld
massimo vitali
erwin olaf

[George Bonanno]

Les Krims

Check (http://www.Check) it out... www.leskrims.com (http://www.leskrims.com)

[RayPA]

I forgot about Les Krims! Been a while. I'll always associate him with those shots of his mother, and that aerosol shot. Thanks for the link. :)


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[3js]

Pentti Sammallahti

http://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/forms/homepage.cfm?image=1&id=68149&imagePosition=1&Door=1&Portfolio=Portfolio3&Gallery=1

http://www.perichgallery.com/Artists/Pentti_Sammallahti

My voice goes to Pentti too. He is also a very, very good printer, in a A. Adams level, maybe even better.

[Marc-A.]

Wow I didn't know Pentti Sammallahti. I love his work!!! Thanks for the links. Definitely a great thread ... I learn a lot from you guys.
Marc

[Photon-hunter]

The old saying: "An image is worth a thousand words."

I say if a photograph is really good its worth a MILLION WORDS.

Strong images with high social and human message:

Dario Mitidieri: http://www.mitidieri.com Incredible work with the "Children of Bombay"

Simon Norfolk: http://www.simonnorfolk.com Special attention to :"For most of it I have no words". I bought the book. I have no words...Also great work in Afghanistan during the American bombing:"Chronotopia".All images done in a reportage style with a Large Format camera!!!

Mauro Fiorese:http://www.maurofiorese.it Probably a less known photographer, I really like his view.

As for B/W landscape:

Michael Kenna:http://www.michaelkenna.net

Giles Norman:http://www.gilesnorman.com

Hope you enjoy them...

Erik.

[jky]

Erwitt - love the humour in his book Snaps
Cheers, j

[steve garza]

I like Tommy Oshima's work but I think he's "just" a amateur photographer and not a professional (which doesn't really matter, of course). Have him on my "contacts list" on flickr and I check his work frequently.


There are a lot of photographers whose work I really appreciate like e.g. Robert Frank. I also think Jeff Wall's work is very nice when viewed as original (those big lightboxes are amazing to look at!).
Recently I've been quite interested in Amanda Marsalis' work ( www.amandamarsalis.com ). Not that her work is all that special but I've been trying to achieve those nice warm tones in some of my photographs.

She's more stylistic than the average commerc photog. Although, some of the subject matter (the "teen spirit series), was a little annoying.

[Keith Cocker]

Edwin Smith

[andrealed]

http://homepage.mac.com/photomorphose/cjlaughlin.html

Clarence John Laughlin

[x-ray]

I would like to add W. Eugene Smith and Jerry Ulesman. Excellent photographers.

[Superbus_]

My favourite is Robert Capa.

[kshapero]

My favourite is Robert Capa.
Ditto :cool:

[erikhaugsby]

I'd like to second Harry Lime's motion for Josef Koudelka. His Prague series is masterwork.

[Trius]

Imogen Cunningham
Ralph Eugene Meatyard

[feenej]

Beniliam here on RFF, Jim O'Connell on Flickr.

John