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Your Favorite Photographer?
So, who are some of your favorite photographers, photographers you admire, or aspire to be like?
Share their name(s)...
and link to more information if you have one...
and why you like their work and style.
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Joel Cosseboom
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I like Bruce Gilden, Nick Turpin and Martin Parr, among others. Gilden for is balls, Turpin for his style and Parr for his eye. |
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Jeanloup Sieff is one of my favorites.
http://www.jeanloupsieff.com/#
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Eggleston, Luigi Guirri, Walker Evans, Kertesz, Lartigue and... Martin Muncaksi!
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Richard Kalvar, Helmut Newton, Josef Koudelka and I reall enjoy Hin Chua's work. www.hinius.net |
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04-22-2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry S.
Richard Kalvar, Helmut Newton, Josef Koudelka and I reall enjoy Hin Chua's work. www.hinius.net |
Thanks for the link!
Great stuff, I`m really impressed!
Bst Wolfhard |
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I would say when i need a bit of inspiration it's Harry Callahan first, then Kertesz Frank, Evans, W.E. Smith.......
Also, current photographer...... http://www.blakeandrewsphoto.com/
Last edited by pesphoto : 04-21-2009 at 15:34.
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Sylvia Plachy.
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David Hamilton. He's the only photographer that I ever heard of that would take sandpaper to the front element of his lenses, but he got some beautiful photographs! He understood the concept of lenses being tools, and you need to use the proper tool for the job at hand. I you can't buy one off the shelf you modify what you can get.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Kaplan
David Hamilton. He's the only photographer that I ever heard of that would take sandpaper to the front element of his lenses, but he got some beautiful photographs! He understood the concept of lenses being tools, and you need to use the proper tool for the job at hand. I you can't buy one off the shelf you modify what you can get.
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I second DH, but kind of a guilty, guilty, pleasure... |
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Mauro Scacco, this guy is just good at what
he does w/his gear.
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I'm enjoying looking at the links some of you have provided... keep 'm coming.
And I really DIG Blake Andrews... great photos and great website!
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Last edited by Drewus : 04-21-2009 at 16:54.
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Giacomelli and another vote for W.E. Smith.
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So many...
Adore: Steichen, Weston in his pictorialist phase (when he was sleeping with Mather), Demachy, photogenics of Lotte Jacobi.
Scared of: Avedon (completely untouchable), Karsh, and Arnold Newman.
Wish I could be: Ralph Gibson, and hey, Bryan Adams (who I believe also once played guitar).
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1. Atget (I bought the 4 volume Moma set a few years ago and never get tired of looking at them).
2. Eggleston (really looking forward to 'Democratic Camera' coming to the Corcoran this summer)
3. Stephen Shore
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Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Josef Koudelka, Steven Meisel, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Doisneau, Edouard Boubat, Sebastiao Salgado, Steve McCurry, Ellen von Unwerth, Andreas Bitesnich, Clifford Coffin, W.Eugene Smith....
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Interesting about Bryan Adams (didn't know he was doing photography - NICE photos too!)
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I generally like a lot of the old Life photographers. Some are obvious but some are less known:
Lisa Larsen - wonderful portraits
Larry Burrows
Robert Capa
Gjon Mili - very creative
Steve McCurry
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Check out New York Times staff photographer Damon Winter (who, incidentally, won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography yesterday) and his coverage of the Obama campaign:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html...zer/index.html
A real fresh eye. His other work is quite inspirational too.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saxshooter
Check out New York Times staff photographer Damon Winter (who, incidentally, won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography yesterday) and his coverage of the Obama campaign:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html...zer/index.html
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I've started to look at it and it's looks very cool... BTW, for xmas I got a book called "The Rise of Barack Obama" which is a photo essay by Pete Souza. You should check it out. |
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Anton Corbijn. Also my favorite Leica photographer.
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