Ororaro
Well-known
You ever shot a Legendary photograph?
Or what is your favorite Legendary photograph?
I admit that my photography connaissance is not vast, and it could never be. Besides the handful of big names aka HCB, Winogrand… there is a whole galaxy of great photographers that simply escape us. That is because, perhaps, they hadn’t made a deal with the Devil.
I am thinking that posting such Legendary work in this forum could fall into the fair use category, with no money being at stake, and also having a lot of educational worth.
Here is one from the top of my head, Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy, 1951
Amazing photograph
Or what is your favorite Legendary photograph?
I admit that my photography connaissance is not vast, and it could never be. Besides the handful of big names aka HCB, Winogrand… there is a whole galaxy of great photographers that simply escape us. That is because, perhaps, they hadn’t made a deal with the Devil.
I am thinking that posting such Legendary work in this forum could fall into the fair use category, with no money being at stake, and also having a lot of educational worth.
Here is one from the top of my head, Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy, 1951
Amazing photograph
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raydm6
Yay! Cameras! 🙈🙉🙊┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘ [◉"]
Great idea for a thread.
I don’t have anything to recommend off the top of my head, but I look forward to learning about new photographers or seeing images I have never experienced.
I don’t have anything to recommend off the top of my head, but I look forward to learning about new photographers or seeing images I have never experienced.
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p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
For me, Erich Lessing's work made me love humanistic photography. Every picture he took in Eastern Europe in the 1950s is a masterpiece. Shame magnum shut down access to their archives, I used to love spending time there. I will leave here one of his pictures, so many I could recommend.
Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
Personally, I find myself referencing and coming back to this O Winston Link photograph over and over again:
It's such an utter masterpiece of timing, composition, and lighting control. The guy was a genius.
(I'll edit to add that apparently this used 42 #2 flashbulbs and one #0, fired simultaneously, and all wired in series. That must have been such a nightmare to set up!)
It's such an utter masterpiece of timing, composition, and lighting control. The guy was a genius.
(I'll edit to add that apparently this used 42 #2 flashbulbs and one #0, fired simultaneously, and all wired in series. That must have been such a nightmare to set up!)
Rick Waldroup
Well-known
Bar - Gallup, New Mexico by Robert Frank.
I was 12 years old the first time I cracked open a copy of Robert Frank's, The Americans, I knew instantly what I wanted to do in life. This is my favorite photo from that magnificent book.
I was 12 years old the first time I cracked open a copy of Robert Frank's, The Americans, I knew instantly what I wanted to do in life. This is my favorite photo from that magnificent book.
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Dogman
Veteran
One of the photographs that always brings a smile is this one by Brazilian photographer Bob Wolfenson done on assignment in Sicily. I may not remember correctly but I think he was doing nudes of the young lady here in various environments. This was a spontaneous moment.
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Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
(Source Wikipedia)
Lewis Hine's "Powerhouse Mechanic" always gets me.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
This is brilliant.
Miles.
Beamsplitter
Nicholas Nixon, C.C. Boston, 1983
Miles.
Beamsplitter
Wish I could find a better scan, but alas, not possible.
Bobby Abrahamson, Boy Shooting Pool, 2011
Miles.
Beamsplitter
Barbara Crane, Private Views, 1980-84
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
A photo that moved me when I first saw it and moves me still.
Added later, this is the famous depression mother, shot in Nipomo, CA The story is tragic. The photo evokes the poverty and despair of the Great Depression. Of all that was shot during that period, privately or on government projects, this is the one which always stands out. The woman has been traced and it turned out OK. She was unhappy about the photo after it was published but came to accept it. Her family turned out just fine, too. So not only is it a great photo, it marks a story with a happy ending, thankfully. Here is a link about the subject: Florence Owens Thompson - Wikipedia
Added later, this is the famous depression mother, shot in Nipomo, CA The story is tragic. The photo evokes the poverty and despair of the Great Depression. Of all that was shot during that period, privately or on government projects, this is the one which always stands out. The woman has been traced and it turned out OK. She was unhappy about the photo after it was published but came to accept it. Her family turned out just fine, too. So not only is it a great photo, it marks a story with a happy ending, thankfully. Here is a link about the subject: Florence Owens Thompson - Wikipedia
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Miles.
Beamsplitter
Antonio Turoc, Solar Eclipse, 1991
Miles.
Beamsplitter
Graciela Iturbide, 1986
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
This is not as famous as some of his other works but it is the kind of thing he did that I have found most useful in helping me find my own direction in photography.
Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958 Ansel Adams.
Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958 Ansel Adams.
d__b
Well-known
This one by Alex Webb is one of my all time favourite photographs. It's such a chaotic & complex scene. I can't even begin to understand how he managed to create such a balanced and beautiful composition from it.
JeffS7444
Well-known
Back in my university days, I took a photography class conducted by Wayne Levin. This is one of the photos that he shared with the class:
Freakscene
Obscure member
William Gedney, Cornett girls, Big Rock, Kentucky, 1964.
My own most reproduced photo is technical and of no interest to a photographer, although I still receive a steady income stream from it.
Marty
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Word needs leaders, not brezhnev's vintage corruptionists or EU apparatchiks.
Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
Churchill was no leader. In fact, by all accounts, he was a terrible human being. He was a racist (even by the standards of the day), who - at the very least - exacerbated the Bengal Famine (Churchill was quoted as blaming the famine on the fact Indians were "breeding like rabbits"); he wasn't a good statesman, and was basically played by Stalin in their first meeting (this summary really doesn't do the whole thing justice); and he was roundly rejected by the British public after the war was over. If he hadn't been Prime Minister during WWII, I really doubt anyone would remember him fondly.
That's a great portrait, though. Iconic, in fact.
Edit: I hadn't read all the wiki page I referenced for the racist claim. This is atrocious:
A lot of this sort of thing is (ironically) whitewashed. It's simpler to just take the popular view and only remember the "fight them on the beaches" speech. Churchill wasn't that at all. (In fact, if memory serves correctly, he spent most of WWII sitting in the bath - to the point where generals, politicians, etc. had to come to talk to him while he was in there, which famously led to the inventor of Pykrete walking in and dumping the stuff in the bath with Churchill to prove a point.)
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