Any Great Medium format photographers?

[Slixtiesix]

Martin Schoeller: Mamiya RZ67

 

[aoresteen]

8 pages of posts and no mention of Jerry N. Uelsmann??? He used a Bronica S2A then a Bronica SQ - both 6x6 SLRs.

Lee Friedlander, Peter Gowland, Bert Stern, and Ralph Eugene Meatyard are others that used medium format.

 

[dynachrome]

Elie Atar

 

[Terry Christian]

Robert Mapplethorpe, who shot a Hasselblad for the bulk of his work.

(Oops, he's already been mentioned, but he's my favorite.)

 

[Neil Poulsen]

Erich Saloman

I think one of the first great medium format photographers was Erich Salomon using an Ermanox camera. These took 4.5cm by 6cm glass plates. He took some excellent photographs under difficult circumstances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Salomon

http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C217.html

 

[Slixtiesix]

Hakan Strand: Hasselblad

 

[Slixtiesix]

Klaus Ender, Günter Gueffroy, Günter Rössler: nude photographers from the former GDR. I think all of them used the P6 more or less, later also Hasselblad and Rollei.

 

[benjiboy]

Why?

I understand that both girls were models that he hired.

No he didn't hire them they were completely unaware he was shooting them with a Box Brownie at the time, they were actually both show girls appearing for the summer season at a local Blackpool theatre show having a few hours off.

 

[Slixtiesix]

Gerald Berghammer and Ina Forstinger

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[jeff.blackwell]

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

 

[mexipike]

I'm a huge fan of Josef Koudelka's 6x17 work. I believe he used a fuji 6x17. Chaos is one of my favorite books ever.

He has also switched to digital and now uses a Leica S2 modified to shoot panoramic and only in black and white. I read in an interview that he switched for similar reasons as Salgado, too much hassle at airports and the daily expense when using rolls where you only get four frames was quite high.

 

[benjiboy]

No he didn't hire them they were completely unaware he was shooting them with a Box Brownie at the time, they were actually both show girls appearing for the summer season at a local Blackpool theatre show having a few hours off.

The girls were actually " Tiller Girls" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjBmAZPkjc having a few hours off.

 

[M Carter]

Jan Saudek - one of my all-time favorites. Flexaret 6x6 I believe.

 

[Gabino]

Stuart Redler [pentax 6x7] - lith processing, digital nowadays

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[OptiKen]

Allow me to introduce myself......
(hehehe)

 

[Black Dog]

Harry Callahan and Emmet Gowin.

 

[benjiboy]

I used to greatly admire the glamour work of Peter Gowland most of it shot on medium and large format.
http://www.petergowland.com/glamour10.html It doesn't get much better than this he was the master.

 

[cpkuntz]

Fan Ho, he used a Rolleiflex to make some of the best pictures of Hong Kong (or anywhere for that matter).

 

[Sirius Glass]

Fan Ho, he used a Rolleiflex to make some of the best pictures of Hong Kong (or anywhere for that matter).

Welcome to APUG

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I know of tons in 35mm, a few really big ones in LF, but can't really think of any in MF. Sure, Strand used a Mamiya TLR at one point, and Ansel used a Hasselblad, but any others?

It's a long list
Annie liebowits
Helmut Newton etc etc
MF is a very versatile format with high image quality,prestine equipment suppliers and still reltively mobile kits

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Francesca Woodman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Woodman

 

[benjiboy]

I find it interesting that reading some of the pre WW11 photographic books what we call "medium format" now like 6X6 cameras in those days were referred to as miniature cameras.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I find it interesting that reading some of the pre WW11 photographic books what we call "medium format" now like 6X6 cameras in those days were referred to as miniature cameras.

Because reporting photographers used press cameras. When FDR found out that someone used a 35mm camera to photograph him, he had the White House staff and the Secret Service only permit Press Cameras in his presents.

 

[SodaAnt]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Bill Anders, who took one of the most iconic photos of the 20th century with a Hasselblad.

 

[snusmumriken]

BTW - not obvious at first about HCB:

Most famous photos "Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare" was taken 1932. and he got his first Leica 1933. So it was shot on medium format .

I don’t think so. Unless this is a fake.