What Photographer(s) inspire you

[photomc]

Almost anyone who has picked up a camera and shared their world with the rest of us.

Many of the lesser knowns, like Minor White, Nell Dorr, Dorthea Lange, Ms. Imogene Cunnigham, Lara Gilpin, the Westons, Paul Strand, Gene Smith (W.E.), Capa, Walker Evans.

Contemporary - Don Kirby, John Sexton, Michael Kenna, Keith Carter, Kerik Kouklis, Rolfe Horn, Bill Schwab just to name a few...so many others that would be on the list if I had time..

Favorite Place, the Amon Carter Photography Collection, more varied than the list above and always adding new work...how lucky to live near by.

 

[Cheryl Jacobs]

I have to say, I'm so flattered to have been mentioned in this thread. Wow -- amazing compliment. Thanks.

There are so many for me, and quite varied. Erwitt and Kertesz (whose works are amazing and whose names I never manage to spell correctly.) Joseph Sudek, for his ability to find incredible beauty in everyday life. Eugene Smith, for too many reasons to count. Wynn Bullock. Mary Ellen Mark.

Also, some new faces that aren't nearly so well-known, but are equally amazing in their own ways. Dima Zverev. Zosia Zija (www.zija.net). So many more than I can mention.

- CJ

 

[photomc]

I have to say, I'm so flattered to have been mentioned in this thread. Wow -- amazing compliment. Thanks.

- CJ

Your work is that good, BTW have you looked at the work of SHELBY LEE ADAMS...another that has not been mentioned, but he gets those same eyes you do...except some of his are downright spooky.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

Trent Parke is a great Australian photographer.

 

[modafoto]

I have to say, I'm so flattered to have been mentioned in this thread. Wow -- amazing compliment. Thanks.

You deserve it, CJ!

Your pictures are so great that I use them a lot to inspire me when shooting kids.

Greetings Morten

 

[FrankB]

I have to say, I'm so flattered to have been mentioned in this thread. Wow -- amazing compliment. Thanks.

I wouldn't say it if it weren't true.

Thank you for all the wonderful images you have posted and the equally wonderful insight you have shared. Keep on keeping on.

Best regards,

Frank

 

[Fintan]

Anton Corbijn

 

[Ed Sukach]

I wouldn't say it if it weren't true.

Thank you for all the wonderful images you have posted and the equally wonderful insight you have shared. Keep on keeping on.

Best regards,

Frank

Frank is not alone here, Cheryl. You do really "Fine", expressive work.

 

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maholy-nagy
irving penn
man ray
karsh
...
not in that particular order

 

[philldresser]

My list would include some of the greats (Ansel Adams,Minor White who I just discovered (Duh!) etc) but more recently

Chip Forelli
Rob Gray
John Sexton
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Phill

 

[Foto Ludens]

Dead Link Removed(I once saw a show of over 800 of his prints.... Amazing geometry and emotion)

Henri Cartier Bresson

André Kertez

André Cypriano

Sebastião Salgado

Most Magnum photographers

James Nachtwey and the rest of VII Photo Agency

Many, many more.
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And, sometimes, when it's good (and the stars align), my work.

OH! Mario Cravo Neto as well (I was lucky enough to see a gallery show of his... 1m x 1m prints of AMAZING quality)

 

[Foto Ludens]

Sorry about the double post, but check out

Patrimoine Photographique for some really amazing photographers (Marcel Bovis and André Kertez are high on my list)

Did I mention Marcel Bovis on the above post? No? ok, here it goes :rolleyes:

Marcel Bovis (see above link)

 

[Chuckiesinluv]

Most influential photographers :

In p-ast the great ones and are still great to study and think on: Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and his sons, Then Henri Cartier Bresson and many more. Lately, William Eggleston, Garry Winogrande. Strange I know. :confused-not sure.....

 

[Ed Sukach]

I've been contemplating this question for some time, now. My only answer is "All photographers inspire me", in some way.

I can't really separate photography into niches: I haven't seen a photographer whose work I *totally* reject -- even some really "fresh" students-- and I don't blindly accept the total work of *any* photographer.

Possibly the least inspiring work is that of some of the "Super Camera Club" Brahmins... who thrive on being thought of as "expert" in their tight little circles - and in their own minds. I am violating my own rule of avoiding stereotypes here, in trying to describe what seems to be, invariably, stiff, emotion-less "formulaic" work, with very little originality.

Even at that, there is *something* there that deserves some attention, if for nothing else than their slaving dedication to conformity, for years and years, so that they may gain acceptance in the eyes of their peers.

I guess I'll have to paraphrase Will Rogers ... "I've never met a [photographer whose work] I [always] did not like".

 

[bjorke]

Too Long a List

(a kind of "happy troll," this thread....)

• Garry Winogrand
• William Klein
• Wm Eggleston ("Los Alamos" just opened @ SFMOMA, BTW)
• Sally Mann
• Mary Ellen Mark
• Avedon
• Boris Mikhailov
• Diane Arbus
• Martin Parr
• Gene Smith
• Ralph Gibson
• Robert Frank
• ...

What day is it?

 

[kswatapug]

In alpha order...

Dan Burkholder
Charles Cramer
Andrew Goldsworthy
Mark Klett
William Neill
Pat Ohara
John Sexton
Jim Stimson
Jerry Uelsman

 

[galyons]

In varying order, (based on my mood today):
Paul Caponigro
Ansel Adams
George Tice
Imogen Cunningham
Per Volquartz
Weston Family

There are a many others because I enjoy most eveyone's work!
Cheers,
Geary

 

[Daniel Grenier]

OK.... here's my list:

Walker Evans
Paul Strand
George Tice
David Plowden
Brett Weston
Elliot Porter (in B&W)
Eugene Atget
Berenice Abbott
Wright Morris

Subject to change over time...(and geeeezzzz... they're all dead but two!)

 

[Ara Ghajanian]

Helmut Newton.

Most other photographers I've seen generally bore me. I think what happened was after I saw Newton's work for the first time, everything else paled in comparison. I mean, I can appreciate quite a few photographers and respect what they do and how they do it, but I simply enjoy just looking at Newton's photos. I can't get enough of his work. I was lucky enough to see his last show at the ICP in NYC. If I lived in NYC, I would have gone every day to study each image carefully. The "Big Women" series really is 1000 times more impactual at life size than on the printed page. If anyone has any links of website with his work, I would greatly appreciate them letting me know. I think his personality and his life are inspiring also. If you haven't seen the documentary "Frames from the Edge", then you're missing out. He is literally the reason I still do photography, otherwise I would have been bored with it years ago.

 

[Helen B]

Raymond Moore's work opened my eyes to the unusual power of straight photography, and he's largely responsible for me becoming a photographer.

Other strong influences:

John Hilliard
Victor Burgin
Paul Hill
Thomas Joshua Cooper
John Berger
Hamish Fulton

There are many other photographers whose work I like very much, but those people spring to mind as having altered my perception of photography. I wonder if anyone else on the forum holds them with the same regard?

Best,
Helen

 

[livemoa]

There are many photographers who inspire me
Strand, Avedon, Weston etc to name a few

But more importantly, the ones who have influenced me are:
Michael Smith and Paula Chamlee, the time I spent with them helped me move forward more than they can ever know
Laurence Aberhardt (NZ)
Ben Cauchi (NZ)
Weston, after seeing my first vintage contact print when in England of all places
Henson (Australian)

 

[Ole]

At the moment, Josef Sudek is at the top of my list. And the more I contact print, the higher he climbs...

 

[dr bob]

Two local photographers have probably had the greatest influence on my personal approach as a primarily landscape photographer. A. Aubry Bodine of Baltimore and Marion Warren of Annapolis. Bodine is lately deceased and Warren is living in retirement in Annapolis. Photographs of each grace my family room (Mate has only “real art” (watercolor and oil) in living room –boo!), and I have collected books from each. As a child of 12, I remember being very much influenced by images in Life magazine and National – you know. I never paid much attention to the artists then but later I recognized and remembered Eugene Smith and Halsman. I am still looking for the producer of the image “Duchamp Descending Staircase” made with multiple strobe, circa 1950(s).

 

[Donald Miller]

Brett Weston, Edward Weston, Paula Chamlee, Michael Smith

 

[unohuu]

let us not forget Gordon Parks