Underrated Photographers

[jsrockit]

larry clark.

He's not underrated at all... maybe just misunderstood. 😉

 

[fotomeow]

THIS thread is fantastic!

The 'other' thread I only appreciated after I googled Jousef Koudelka (who I had not heard of prior) - The first image that came up absolutely floored me, amazing!

http://www.bates.edu/Images/Koudelka%20-%20Russian%20Tank%20in%20Prague.jpg

wait a minute, someone said Koudelka was OVERrated??!! Looks like I have a bone to pick .......

 

[chris00nj]

Gjon Mili

His use of flash technique and strobes was groundbreaking. To all the people doing light graffiti, he was doing it back in the 40s.

 

[Welsh_Italian]

Fellow Welshman Angus McBean. He's hardly mentioned here and yet was one of the most creative and surrealist photographers in his day. Some of the most famous people in the world have been photographed by him including the Beatles (the cover of 'Please, please me' Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn, Laurence Oliver, and Noel Coward.

Try some of these: http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=an...&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1044&bih=636 http://www.leninimports.com/angus_mcbean_bio.html.

Remember that these were done *long* before photoshop.

 

[Phantomas]

Bump to THIS thread, also to agree that the Smague guy is great, been following him for a while.

Hiya Vicky you are most welcome!

Here's another Photographer I much admire, Emmanuel Smague. Just uses one film Leica M and a 35mm lens

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmanuel_smague/

http://www.smague.fr

 

[andredossantos]

Boris Savalev
http://www.b-savelev.com/Hoppen2009/index.htm

 

[integrale]

Count me out - it is not possible to underrate my work...

 

[Strangeluv]

Vicky, Terrorkitten's work has a hint of an Eggleston influence about it. A talented Photographer who's work I've much admired over the years is Richard Misrach. Here's an example of his work.

Huge fan of Eggleston and love his work, but Richard Misrach....wow! Gorgeous!

 

[Andrea-dsi]

Koudelka!

Koudelka!

Joseph Koudelka is perhaps the greatest photo journalist / artist of the 20th century. I had dinner with him in the early 90s. He is also a hoot.

http://www.google.com/images?client...tle&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQsAQwAA&biw=1271&bih=751

 

[shadowfox]

David Plowden http://www.davidplowden.com

I never hear of him (except when I'm pushing him 😉 ) but I find his work, especially documenting the last steam trains, ships & the like, to be first rate. Of course, living in the midwest and watching the passing of barns and farms to still more strip malls and fugly exurb developements does tend to predispose me towards that kind of work.

William

His "A Handful of Dust" is hauntingly beautiful.

Another underrated photographer: George E. Todd. I learn a lot about how to appreciate and evaluate black and white photos from his book which is IMO stupidly titled (by his publishers).

 

[Rogrund]

Joseph Koudelka is perhaps the greatest photo journalist / artist of the 20th century. I had dinner with him in the early 90s. He is also a hoot.

http://www.google.com/images?client...tle&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQsAQwAA&biw=1271&bih=751

A great photographer, but hardly underrated, is he?

 

[John Lawrence]

Another one:

http://www.felixlupa.com/


John

 

[Lauffray]

Yes Felix Lupa is one I discovered recently. I may be mixing underrated and unknown here but Rene Maltete and Saul Leiter are definitely too names I'd toss in here
Rene Maltete
Saul Leiter

 

[Nate Butler]

I don't think any of these guys are underrated, but I wonder why they don't get more attention.

Ernst Haas: http://www.ernst-haas.com/ . Esp. his color work. I think he's my current fave.
Martin Munkacsi: http://www.pbase.com/omoses/martin_munkacsi . Very energetic.

Herb Ascherman, whom I learned about last year at RFF through the mysterious uncredited photograph of children outside a school in Paris.

http://www.ascherman.com

Arthur Tress: I haven't seen much of his work, but the earlier black and white stuff is great, esp. "Girl with Dunce's Cap" and "Boy in Water Under Bridge"-- a couple of his portraits remind me of Diane Arbus.

www.arthurtress.com


Nate

 

[Rayt]

Kirk Tuck is pretty awesome.

 

[ianstamatic]

me. more totally unknown than underrated lol

http://iankraus.com

http://iankraus.com/old_photo <<old site from the 90s

also I liked Felix Lupa's work alot. some great links in this thread