Your iconic photo(s)

[kxl]

Throughout history, some photographers have become known for an iconic photo(s), e.g., Nick Ut for "The Terror of War (aka Napalm Girl)" or Steve McCurry for "Afghan Girl" or Dorothea Lange for "Migrant Mother." Do you have an iconic photo(s) for which you have become known/recognized in certain circles, no matter how small or how vast that circle may be? Mine would be "Working Hands."

 

[peterm1]

I don't know that I would call it "iconic" exactly, but this photo got my personal all-time highest score of likes on Flickr. (About 40,000 likes). It may say more about Flickr users than it does about the merits of the photo. 😆

Architecture Reflected by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Next month I may have an update...............I have been invited to a Fine Art Photography Society meeting to present and talk about my photographic style, approach and philosophy. If brave enough on the day, I may ask them if they have any favorites amongst the ones I show. 😛

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

These are my two most popular, best selling photos. Both are old. The one of the chairs was made in 1998, the one of the dress in 2000. Very early in my career. That seems to be common for artists; their earlier work is often their best known. Ansel Adams kept photographing into the late 1970s, but his work from the 1930s and 1940s is his best known.

 

[kxl]

These are my two most popular, best selling photos. Both are old. The one of the chairs was made in 1998, the one of the dress in 2000. Very early in my career. That seems to be common for artists; their earlier work is often their best known. Ansel Adams kept photographing into the late 1970s, but his work from the 1930s and 1940s is his best known.

I especially like the dress in the attic photo. Wrt the chairs, I reckon getting the correct exposure might have presented a challenge, but you nailed it.

 

[underlord]

No Admittance by Philip McAllister, on Flickr

I don't know about iconic but this one always gets lots of love. Made with my first digital camera, a Kodak DC 280 twenty five years ago.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I especially like the dress in the attic photo. Wrt the chairs, I reckon getting the correct exposure might have presented a challenge, but you nailed it.

The photo was shot at nightfall. It would be hard to get correct exposure with a built in camera light meter, but I used a handheld spotmeter and the zone system to make sure every tone fell within the exposure range of the film, and nailed it perfectly. A lot of people here like to denigrate zone system, and claim its a waste of time. I've been using it for 30 years with perfect results every time.