Which photographers inspire you?

[le vrai rdu]

Franck and HCB, I saw there exhibition this year in paris, fantastic

Jeau Gaumy and Koudelka too

and many others like eugene smith, mc cullin (mostly for his pictures concerning england, they impressed me)

 

[helen.HH]

Bill Brandt
Helen Levitt
Bruce Davidson
Lisette Model
Elliot Erwitt
Norman Parkinson

 

[HMFriedman]

In no particular order, and not for the same reasons:

Harry Callahan
Josef Sudek
Paul Caponigro

 

[gb hill]

Garry Winogrand, Bill Eggleston, Alec Soth, Boogie. There are many on flickr that really inspire me also. There are some really great photographers over there.

 

[colyn]

Lucian (Pappy) Goodson....my granddad..........

 

[shadowfox]

Jose Miguel Ferreira - http://www.jmf-photo.net/black-and-white-photography-jmf.html

 

[MickH]

In alphabetical order

John Claremont
Richard Jenkinson
Al Kaplan
J. H. Lartigue
Petronius
James Ravilious

 

[Michael Markey]

I`d go with that list too Mick except Lartique who I`m not familiar with. I`d add in Kertesz and Henry Wessel.

 

[MPerson]

Cindy Sherman
Lisette Model
Edward Quinn
Garry Winogrand
Andreas Feininger

 

[Al Kaplan]

Thanks for including me in your list, Mick! (Now my head is swelled so big I'm not sure that I can still get it through the neck strap!)

Lartigue is a name I haven't run across in awhile but he's done some great photography!

 

[hugh]

Roman Loranc http://www.romanloranc.com/

 

[stnolan]

Olaf Otto Becker

 

[jiroshashin]

Sugimoto, Tomatsu, Moriyama, Hosoe, Ishimoto, Gibson, Frank,Eggleston, Ghirri, HCB , Giacomelli

 

[lemalk]

Arbus
Winogrand
Jim Marshall
Dave Naz
Ginsberg's photos of the beats, especially Kerouac
Elliott Erwitt

 

[Paco]

Robert Frank .Lucio Anneo Seneca. Captain Beefheart .W Eugene Smith.
Roberto Rosellini. Koldo Chamorro. Graciela Iturbe. Germany Fotografs.
J L GODARD. Koudelka . P P Pasolini . Antoine d' Agata. M A Antonioni
URSS Fotografs etc etc ....................

 

[Haigh]

These contemporaries:Justin Langer, Ewa Zebrowski,Yuichi Hibi, Hiro Matsuoka, Todd Hido.

 

[Haigh]

Sorry: I meant Jason Langer, not Justin.

 

[jimmygcreative]

what about: james fee, rineke dijkstra, olafur eliasson, matthew barneyand a artist that has shown us great use of photography chuck close.

 

[nikon_sam]

Before I was old enough to use or even have a camera of my own, my parents for what ever reason, subscribed to "Life" magazine (some time in the early seventies)...I would look at those pictures over and over...it was the images and not the photographers that inspired me...I remember those B&W images, I never knew who took them...
I've never really followed any photographer but there are many who's work I truly enjoy...good work is good work no matter the person tripping the shutter...

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

In no particular order, and not for the same reasons:

Harry Callahan
Josef Sudek
Paul Caponigro

Harry Callahan?...did'nt Clint Eastwood play him?