Your favourite photographer?

[x-ray]

Tough call. In the top would be Edward Weston, Bret Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Dorthis Lange, Lewis Hine, Edward Curtis and Arnold Newman to mention a few. Too many great photographers to name them all.

I would say each of these greats have had an influence on my work and had the good fortune to study with both Ansel and Arnold Newman. I was also very fortunate to spend a day chatting about photography with Imogen Cuningham in her home and discussing photography with Bret Weston.

 

[Trius]

I have no single favourite, but want to add Minor White to the list. And I like who he was as a person as well.

Recently I have come to greatly admire Larry Towell, a Magnum photographer whom I saw at an Eastman House event on the 9th of this month.

 

[joey]

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.

Amanda's work is very special.

PS: I am glad I opened this thread. So many great photographs are there that I have not see.

 

[tomtodeath]

i really like some of this guys "inhabited" and "industrial landscapes", saw them in an issue of lenswork a while ago, forgot who it was, and then stumbled on it again. dont really have a favorite photogropher though.
http://www.chipforelli.com/

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Stephanie Brim
Todd Landzs
Simon Larby

all in here

 

[colyn]

I would have to say Larry Burrows.

As a Navy photographer in Vietnam (70-71) I had the chance to see some of his work after his death..

 

[Bike Tourist]

The only woman I saw mentioned above was Dorthea Lange.

I can relate to most of the ones mentioned and would add:

Mary Ellen Mark

Eddie Adams

What Harry Lime said

Fred Maroon

 

[photocrazy]

Henri Cartier-Bresson, always my number one, appreciate his dark humour in photography.

Alexander Rodchenko,
Adam Ansel,
Alfred Eisenstaedt,
Edward Steichen,
Edward Weston,
IIse Bing

Comtempories:
Sebastiao Salgado,
Wu Jialin,

 

[RayPA]

The only woman I saw mentioned above was Dorthea Lange.

I can relate to most of the ones mentioned and would add:

Mary Ellen Mark

Eddie Adams

What Harry Lime said

Fred Maroon

Noooo...not quite \/ \/ \/

There's too many nowadays, but the ones I always enjoy are Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, Josef Koudleka, Lee Friedlander.

Joey try the Master of Photography site. It should pop up on a Google search for most of the names listed thus far.

...and I'lll add her mentor Lisette Model. :angel:


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[second sight]

I love the work of Pierre Verger (www.pierreverger.org/br/index.htm) and Marcel Gautherot, both mid-20th-century French photographers who worked extensively in Brazil.

 

[ghost]

lise is a girl.

 

[rolopix]

In no particular order, and only a few:

Sylvia Plachy
Tony Ray-Jones
Andre Kertesz
Garry Winogrand
Martin Parr
Walker Evans
Jeff Jacobson
Eugene Richards

 

[thelovecollect]

i have several favourites from all types of photography...

bruce davidson
eugene richards
antonin kratochvil
stephen shore
thomas ruff
eugene atget
thomas demand
andreas gursky
edward burtynsky
rineke dikjstra
nadav kander
liz von hoene
lauren greenfield
irving penn
simon johan
jean-pierre khazem
joel sternfeld
massimo vitali
erwin olaf

 

[George Bonanno]

Les Krims

Les Krims

Les Krims

Check it out... www.leskrims.com

 

[RayPA]

I forgot about Les Krims! Been a while. I'll always associate him with those shots of his mother, and that aerosol shot. Thanks for the link.


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[3js]

Pentti Sammallahti

http://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/for...ition=1&Door=1&Portfolio=Portfolio3&Gallery=1

http://www.perichgallery.com/Artists/Pentti_Sammallahti

My voice goes to Pentti too. He is also a very, very good printer, in a A. Adams level, maybe even better.

 

[Marc-A.]

Wow I didn't know Pentti Sammallahti. I love his work!!! Thanks for the links. Definitely a great thread ... I learn a lot from you guys.
Marc

 

[Photon-hunter]

The old saying: "An image is worth a thousand words."

I say if a photograph is really good its worth a MILLION WORDS.

Strong images with high social and human message:

Dario Mitidieri: http://www.mitidieri.com Incredible work with the "Children of Bombay"

Simon Norfolk: http://www.simonnorfolk.com Special attention to :"For most of it I have no words". I bought the book. I have no words...Also great work in Afghanistan during the American bombing:"Chronotopia".All images done in a reportage style with a Large Format camera!!!

Mauro Fiorese:http://www.maurofiorese.it Probably a less known photographer, I really like his view.

As for B/W landscape:

Michael Kenna:http://www.michaelkenna.net

Giles Norman:http://www.gilesnorman.com

Hope you enjoy them...

Erik.

 

[jky]

Erwitt - love the humour in his book Snaps
Cheers, j

 

[steve garza]

Actually, I like most of her work here.....

Actually, I like most of her work here.....

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.

She's more stylistic than the average commerc photog. Although, some of the subject matter (the "teen spirit series), was a little annoying.