to all the rf people :name your top 5 photgraphers

MickH said:
Give us blokes a chance to make a list eh?

LMAO
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...and then argue over the finer detail. The only thing missing from this place is a beer pump!

It's going to take me an age to Google all these new names that have been mentioned and will no doubt end in me spending a small fortune on more books!
 
JonasYip said:
heh, I saw that Simon Larbalestier was the last post here and thought I'd post now because I'm going to include him on my list (for a particular body of work that influenced me greatly at one point in my life, albeit in conjunction with some very influential graphic design). So... not necessarily "top" 5, but at least 5 that come to mind:

Ralph Gibson, Nick Knight, Jeanloup Sieff, Simon Larbalestier, Andreas Bitesnich

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Jonas that's kind of you to say. Thanks! :eek: Now that you mention v23 (Vaughan Oliver and Chris Bigg) i'm adding Nigel Grierson to my list as well.
 
ClaremontPhoto said:
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We should start another thread about favourite books - maybe we can help Steven Gandy to win Amazon as a new sponsor of rff.

Anyway: my fav´s are Avedon, Lindbergh, Nachtwey, Cartier-Bresson and Struth - my favourite photographer of the "Becher-Schüler" like Gursky, Hütte and Höfer, I really like the work of Thomas Struth best.

I have to admit that it took a while before I found the fascination in the work of Cartier-Bresson or the war-photographer Nachtwey. Portraiture and fashion is easier and more impressive for a teenager who starts with photography ...

Thomas

P.S.: I meant to say I was about 14-15 years old when I started. During the last decades my interest changed at least a little.
 
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NB23 said:
I find it interesting to read other people's faves. I have to ask you, thougg, why Jonvelle? As a teenager I tried to like his work but I always found it too simple and easily copied. Of course, I am curious and I respect your choices as Jonvelle was renowned.
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I like Jonvelle's work for the tenderness towards women he shows. Of course choices are just a matter of taste. There are so many more photographers I didn't mention on my short list.
 
can't stick to five

can't stick to five

Lisette Model
Tina Modotti
Mary Ellen Mark
Lee Friedlander
William Christenberry
Eggleston
Saul Leiter
BUT, my very favorite is Koudelka

Mary in SW Florida, USA
 
can't settle on the same answer forever!

walker evans
robert frank
william eggleston
chris killip
paul graham
 
1. Harry Callahan
2. Ralph Gibson
3. Lise Sarfati
4. Mark Steinmetz
5. Ralph Eugene Meatyard

And a honorary mention for Andre Kertesz, who looks a bit dated these days but started it all for me!
 
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In no particular order:

Jeanloup Sieff
Paul Strand
Josef Koudelka
Bill Brandt
Michael Kenna

too many to choose from.

Harry
 
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