Your favourite photographer?

RayPA said:
Steve, from the three images I see here the work looks very photoshop-ish. It almost doesn't look real. Interesting, particularly for the 50's and 60's.

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Ray,
I understand what you mean. I have seen some original prints by him (and was lucky enough to pick one up), and they are truly amazing. The b&w is quite interesting...a lot of play w/ shadows/sillouhettes against criss crossing Hong Kong train tracks. Ho recently enjoyed an exhibition in NY and it increased the interest level in his work. Also, Modern Book just published a book containing his images.
 
steve garza said:
Here is one a little less known. Fan Ho made images in Hong Kong in the 50's and 60's using a Rollei. These are a few of the ocean based images. He also made many amazing Street images, some quite surreal and cinematic looking. He later went on to direct films which are now considered cult classics (not unlike S. Kubrick, who's recent book of images is terrific). Ho is still living and his work can be seen at modernbookgallerey.com I'd be interested to hear opinions on his work,
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I didn't know him, he has amazing photos; but on the website the link of which you were giving us, I didn't see anything like the pictures you have posted. They don't seem real, as Ray has already stated.
 
RayPA said:
Steve, from the three images I see here the work looks very photoshop-ish. It almost doesn't look real. Interesting, particularly for the 50's and 60's.

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Marc-A. said:
I didn't know him, he has amazing photos; but on the website the link of which you were giving us, I didn't see anything like the pictures you have posted. They don't seem real, as Ray has already stated.
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I agree .. the colorssamples shown .. i do not like them at all ...... but his B&W work is outstanding ... i bet you will like it ... see this link

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm
 
In no particular order:

Eugene Smith
H.C.B.
Werner Bischof
Josef Koudelka
Robert Capa
List Herbert
Philip Jones Griffiths
James Nachtwey
Christoper Morris
George Rodger
Sebastiao Salgado
Ernst Haas
Garry Winogrand

and others...
 
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I don't know if the negs were digitally

I don't know if the negs were digitally

J. Borger said:
I agree .. the colorssamples shown .. i do not like them at all ...... but his B&W work is outstanding ... i bet you will like it ... see this link

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm
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manipulated. I don't think b&w ones are. I do know they were processed long ago. Here's anothether w/ more realistic color. I don't think Ho was necessarily aiming for realistic color in some shots.
 

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steve garza said:
manipulated. I don't think b&w ones are. I do know they were processed long ago. Here's anothether w/ more realistic color. I don't think Ho was necessarily aiming for realistic color in some shots.
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I do not care if the colors are realisttic or artistic ... but i simply do not like his colorpictures.
In fact in general there are very few colorpictures i like. Just my personal taste :)
But like i said .. i consider his straight B&W work outstanding.
 
J. Borger said:
I agree .. the colorssamples shown .. i do not like them at all ...... but his B&W work is outstanding ... i bet you will like it ... see this link

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm
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Wow! Yeah, there are some outstanding images there. He's doing some manipulation, though, even in b&w and particularly with water. SEE THIS ONE. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It sort of BECOMES the image though. The shot of the people coming down the large staircase in a mist of white light is pretty cool.

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Here's another little known one: Seydou Keïta (e.g. http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/keita/default.html)

He ran a portrait studio in Bamako (Mali, former French West Africa) from the 1940s to 1960s and kept all the negatives. They are some of the most amazing and beautiful portraits I know, very modern and with a very distinctive style developed more or less in isolation. Also they tell us a lot about the people portrayed, how they wanted to be shown in photographs, and what photography and being photographed meant to them.

Philipp
 
I like Tommy Oshima's work but I think he's "just" a amateur photographer and not a professional (which doesn't really matter, of course). Have him on my "contacts list" on flickr and I check his work frequently.


There are a lot of photographers whose work I really appreciate like e.g. Robert Frank. I also think Jeff Wall's work is very nice when viewed as original (those big lightboxes are amazing to look at!).
Recently I've been quite interested in Amanda Marsalis' work ( www.amandamarsalis.com ). Not that her work is all that special but I've been trying to achieve those nice warm tones in some of my photographs.
 
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RayPA said:
Wow! Yeah, there are some outstanding images there. He's doing some manipulation, though, even in b&w and particularly with water. SEE THIS ONE. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It sort of BECOMES the image though. The shot of the people coming down the large staircase in a mist of white light is pretty cool.

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I'm not so sure about that. I've seen physical prints and that b&w is very close to what's seen on those scans. His book is amazing by the way.
 
steve garza said:
I'm not so sure about that. I've seen physical prints and that b&w is very close to what's seen on those scans. His book is amazing by the way.
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regardless, very nice work. Thanks for posting the link. :)

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I don't have a favourite. Fan Ho, who is mentioned above, is probably first photographer that I actively tried to seek out information about. I had several small posters of his photos on the wall of my dorm-room during my university days. My favourite photo of his was 'Approaching Shadow', which was more conventional than his surreal nature images but still very dramatic.

Here's a link to the photo.
 
Marc-A. said:
I didn't know him, he has amazing photos; but on the website the link of which you were giving us, I didn't see anything like the pictures you have posted. They don't seem real, as Ray has already stated.
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I like his photos too. Very interesting and unique.
 
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Nando said:
I don't have a favourite. Fan Ho, who is mentioned above, is probably first photographer that I actively tried to seek out information about. I had several small posters of his photos on the wall of my dorm-room during my university days. My favourite photo of his was 'Approaching Shadow', which was more conventional than his surreal nature images but still very dramatic.

Here's a link to the photo.
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Approaching Shadow is on the cover of his book.
 
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