Photographers you most admire

cliveh · Jun 4, 2023

If you were asked to compile a list of the ten greatest photographers in history who you most admire, rating 1 to 10 (best being 1) what would it be?

For me it would be:-

1 Eugene Atget
2 HCB
3 André Kertész
4 Josef Sudek
5 Robert Doisneau
6 Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
7 Fox Talbot
8 Arthur Fellig
9 Sebastião Salgado
10 Jacques Henri Lartigue

logan2z · Jun 4, 2023

Not strictly in order, but my top 10

1. Lee Friedlander
2. Robert Adams
3. Robert Frank
4. Paul Strand
5. Sid Grossman
6. Eugene Richards
7. Don McCullin
8. Danny Lyon
9. Josef Koudelka
10. Josef Sudek

chuckroast · Jun 4, 2023

Brett Weston
Atget
Brassai
Yousuf Karsh
Richard Avedon
Edward Weston
Paul Strand
St. Ansel
Helmut Newton
Dorthea Lange (even with her fakery)

Sirius Glass · Jun 4, 2023

Ansel Adams
Edward Weston
Dorthea Lang
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Arthur Fellig
Gordon Parks

After that it is hard to keep the number under ten with the intense competition.

logan2z · Jun 4, 2023

Sirius Glass said:
Ansel Adams

Edward Weston

Dorthea Lang

HBC

Arthur Fellig

Henri Cartier-Bresson

After that it is hard to keep the number under ten with the intense competition.

Is #4 (assuming you meant HCB) the same as #6?

Alex Benjamin · Jun 4, 2023

Undisputed top 5, in order:

1. Gordon Parks
2. W. Eugene Smith
3. Robert Adams
4. Diane Arbus
5. Robert Frank

Bottom 5, in order of appearance:

6. Stephen Shore
7. Garry Winogrand
8. William Eggleston
9. Dawoud Bey
10. Chris Killip

Honorable mentions, in no particular order (could be bumped to bottom 5 depending on mood):

11. Walker Evans
12. Henri Cartier-Bresson
13. Saul Leiter
14. Richard Avedon
15. Josef Koudelka
16. Roy DeCarava

AnselMortensen · Jun 5, 2023

#1. Brett Weston
#2. Richard Garrod
#3. Arthur Tress
#4. Robert Demachy
#5. Bob Carlos Clarke
#6. Bill Owens
#7. Margaret Bourke-White
#8. Gertrude Käsebier
#9. Frantisek Drtikol
#10. George Hurrell

Honorable Mention to Alfred Stieglitz.

Philippe-Georges · Jun 5, 2023

Josef Sudek
Paul Strand
Edward Weston
Sally Mann
Imogen Cunningham
Jean Dieuzaide
Tina Modotti
And so many others who's names doesn't pop up now...

All in an equal way, except for Sudek who profoundly inspired me...

snusmumriken · Jun 5, 2023

HCB
Josef Koudelka
Tony Ray-Jones
Elliott Erwitt
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
Josef Sudek
James Ravilious
Robert Doisneau
Willy Ronis
Réné Burri

Sirius Glass · Jun 5, 2023

logan2z said:
Is #4 (assuming you meant HCB) the same as #6?

I would say that I like him twice as much, but when I went to check to proper spelling and forgot to put it into #4.

GregY · Jun 5, 2023

1. Vittorio Sella
2. Bradford Washburn
3. Paul Strand
4. Robert Doisneau
5. Abbas
6. Richard Avedon
7. Jay Dusard
8. Edward Weston
9. Willy Ronis
10. Jean Loup Sieff
11. Josef Koudelka

faberryman · Jun 5, 2023

Gosh, there are so many I hardly know where to start. I did note as I was jotting down a list that all of the photographers I was selecting did their best work 50-100 years ago. That's not to say I don't enjoy looking at some modern and contemporary photography, just that I wouldn't take much of it to my proverbial desert island.

mrosenlof · Jun 5, 2023

order is not significant

Imogen cunningham
Edward Weston
Dorothea Lange
Walker Evans
Dave Rosenlof - my dad huge influence on me
Robert Benjamin - informal mentor for a few years
Brett Weston
Irving Penn

actually, I.C. at the top is significant

snusmumriken · Jun 5, 2023

faberryman said:
Gosh, there are so many I hardly know where to start. I did note as I was jotting down a list that all of them did their best work 50-100 years ago. That's not to say I don't like some modern and contemporary photography, just that I wouldn't take much of it to my proverbial desert island.

I was thinking that a thread on your favourite 10 living photographers might be interesting.

faberryman · Jun 5, 2023

snusmumriken said:
I was thinking that a thread on your favourite 10 living photographers might be interesting.

I might be able to name 10 living photographers if I really thought hard about it. Most of them would probably be pretty old though. For example, Eggleston is 83. There are so many contemporary photographers whose work I see on a daily basis I can't remember most of their names. There also is the flash in the pan phenomena to consider.

GregY · Jun 5, 2023

snusmumriken said:
I was thinking that a thread on your favourite 10 living photographers might be interesting.

I don't follow photography closely enough to even name 10 living photographers.....certainly not 10 that have made a lasting impact on me. The closest i could come would be
1 Jay Dusard
2 Peter Turnley
3 Jim Herrington
4 Wm Allard
5 Alberto Bregani

& on that list i've met 4 of them.

snusmumriken · Jun 5, 2023

GregY said:
I don't follow photography closely enough to even name 10 living photographers.....certainly not 10 that have made a lasting impact on me. The closest i could come would be
1 Jay Dusard
2 Peter Turnley
3 Jim Herrington
4 Wm Allard

& on that list i've met 3 of them.

I’ve started a sibling thread about this.

Alex Benjamin · Jun 5, 2023

snusmumriken said:
I was thinking that a thread on your favourite 10 living photographers might be interesting.

Not all living, but did the exercice with only Black photographers.

1. Gordon Parks
2. Dawoud Bey
3. Roy DeCarava
4. Ernest Cole
5. Latoya Ruby Frazier
6. Kwame Brathwaite
7. Tyler Mitchell
8. Malik Sidibé
9. Santu Mofokeng
10. Deana Lawson

Tried to stick to 10, so a bit sorry to leave out Carrie Mae Weems, Seydou Keïta, Louis Draper, Anthony Barboza, Jamel Shabazz and Teju Cole off the list.

mcfitz · Jun 5, 2023

In no particular order:

Gabrielle Hébert
Claude Batho
Julia Margaret Cameron
Lee Miller
Margaret Bourke White
Carrie May Weems
Sabine Weiss
Marianne Engeberg
Martine Franck
Anna Atkins

rochephoto · Jun 5, 2023

I'd have to say-
1- Robert Frank
2- Josef Koudelka
3- Diane Arbus
4- Matt Black
5- Gary Winogrand
6- Lee Friedlander
7- Martin Parr
8- Walker Evans
9- Texas Salvan
10- Larry Sultan

Philippe-Georges · Jun 6, 2023

faberryman said:
Gosh, there are so many I hardly know where to start. I did note as I was jotting down a list that all of the photographers I was selecting did their best work 50-100 years ago. That's not to say I don't enjoy looking at some modern and contemporary photography, just that I wouldn't take much of it to my proverbial desert island.

Yes, it might be interesting to know the reason why mainly 'old' photography masters are named here.
Is it a sign, the 'new/young' ones are not that well known, perhaps too 'many' of these young ones in the spotlights or just coincidence?

BTW, I am a regular visitor of Aperture's website and subscribed to their newsletter, which I thoroughly check regularly to stay op to date.
Through this, I see a lot of these 'youngsters' and rising talents coming by, and honestly, I have to admit that not all of their work is my cup of tea...
But that's not at all any kind of judgment! Anyway, considered an old beggar, who am I to know?

PS: I do advise anyone to subscribe on Aperture's newsletter, it's very interesting and, by times, 'refreshing'!

rochephoto · Jun 6, 2023

Philippe-Georges said:
Yes, it might be interesting to know the reason why mainly 'old' photography masters are named here.
Is it a sign, the 'new/young' ones are not that well known, perhaps too 'many' of these young ones in the spotlights or just coincidence?

BTW, I am a regular visitor of Aperture's website and subscribed to their newsletter, which I thoroughly check regularly to stay op to date.
Through this, I see a lot of these 'youngsters' and rising talents coming by, and honestly, I have to admit that not all of their work is my cup of tea...
But that's not at all any kind of judgment! Anyway, considered an old beggar, who am I to know?

PS: I do advise anyone to subscribe on Aperture's newsletter, it's very interesting and, by times, 'refreshing'!

At the same time, a lot of what's in the Aperture universe is very topical and socio-political and short on real artistry or any real visual "eye". I consider a lot of it as more reportage and short on the "Fine Art" side of things.

rochephoto · Jun 6, 2023

At the same time, a lot of what's in the Aperture universe is very topical and socio-political and short on real artistry or any real visual "eye". I consider a lot of it as more reportage and short on the "Fine Art" side of things.

Sirius Glass · Jun 6, 2023

rochephoto said:
At the same time, a lot of what's in the Aperture universe is very topical and socio-political and short on real artistry or any real visual "eye". I consider a lot of it as more reportage and short on the "Fine Art" side of things.

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rochephoto · Jun 6, 2023

Sirius Glass said:
Welcome to ~~APUG~~ Photrio!!

Photographers you most admire

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