What photographers work are you looking at today?

[Mark Fisher]

The one that really has me excited lately is Fan Ho:

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm

Amazing work.

The other photographer I've looked at lately is Keith Carter. Again, lovely work, but distinctly different take.

 

[Jim Chinn]

The one that really has me excited lately is Fan Ho:

http://www.modernbook.com/fanho.htm

Amazing work.

The other photographer I've looked at lately is Keith Carter. Again, lovely work, but distinctly different take.

I first saw Fan Ho's work in an issue of B&W Magazine. He has an incredible eye for balance and composition, light and shadow. That cohesion of elements and viewpoint reminds me a lot of Andre Kertesz.

Take time to look at the whole portfolio of work presented. This work is a great example of someone who truly has the gift to make magic with a camera.

 

[Jon Shiu]

I just saw the show by Fan Ho in Palo Alto at Modernbook Gallery, wonderful work. He had an artist talk which was fun and he described how his cropping and re-cropping was like movie editing (he is a film director). I enjoyed how the pictures are all different sizes and shapes and tones. Some of the pictures are only about 3cm square. He described how he would shoot in Hong Kong, waiting for the right light and background. Following people and sometimes getting into trouble. He is still enthusiastic about photography at 77 years old. Yes, his pictures are magical!

Jon

 

[Nikanon]

minor white!

http://www.fnordinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/minor_white-barn_and_clouds_1955.jpg

 

[Nikanon]

oh woops, haha not the link i meant to post, here we are

http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/minorwhite/minorwhite.shtml

 

[Jim Chinn]

Found this Avedon article and images reprinted from Afterimage on AmericansuburbanX:

http://www.americansuburbx.com/2009/02/theory-listening-to-avedon.html

I am always impressed by the level of connection between Avedon and his subjects.

 

[srmcnamara]

Dead Link Removed

 

[jgcull]

I really like Susan Burnstine's work. Thanks for the link!

 

[Merg Ross]

Paul Strand, Shorpy History, Merg Ross, Weston Photography, a folder called Gallery sites which has dozens of photographers, Francis Frith, Charles Sheeler and dozens of books stacked up around the house.

Curt, you place me among a very talented group. I am most appreciative. It is nice to see Charles Sheeler included. For those who may be near Santa Barbara in the next month, you will be rewarded with an excellent exhibition of Brett Weston's work. It is at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art until mid-August and includes approximately 150 of his photographs. There is a link elsewhere on this site.

www.mergross.com

 

[Stoo Batchelor]

Curt, you place me among a very talented group.

www.mergross.com

And deservedly so!

Nice work

Stoo

 

[Jim Chinn]

I recently ran across the work of Vanessa Winship. Really wonderful documentary style work and portraits. Take time to look at all the portfolios she has listed.

http://www.vanessawinship.com/projects.php

 

[Brian Bilgere]

James Nachtwey - I was just in a Nachtwey mood. I wrote about him a while back.

http://365cameras.com/blog/?p=46

Brian

 

[prado333]

www.joshualutz.com

 

[Jim Chinn]

Thanks for posting the link to Joshua Lutz. I really fell in love with his Meadowlands work when I first saw some images in PDN about a year ago.

For me the images are a sort of a contemporary version of Robert Frank's The Americans.

 

[Jim Chinn]

Decided to start out the day looking at the work of Jerry Spagnoli. He is probably the foremost practitioner of Daguerreotype living today.

http://www.jerryspagnoli.com/Anatomical Folder/spiralhand.html

 

[GFDarlington]

Very useful thread with lots of familiar, and for me, not so familiar connections. One person whose images I keep going back to is Michal Cala from Poland. Perhaps not such a fashionable style these days and hardly known outside Poland but worth a look if you like dark and expressionistic work:

www.michalcala.pl/en/artisticblackandwhite.php

 

[Jim Chinn]

Very useful thread with lots of familiar, and for me, not so familiar connections. One person whose images I keep going back to is Michal Cala from Poland. Perhaps not such a fashionable style these days and hardly known outside Poland but worth a look if you like dark and expressionistic work:

www.michalcala.pl/en/artisticblackandwhite.php

Thanks for the link. Connecting with the work of more obscure but talented photographers like Michal Cala was one of the reasons I started the thread.

 

[Merg Ross]

And deservedly so!

Nice work

Stoo

Stoo, thank you.

I took a look at your work, very good. Especially liked the English Lakeland series; "After the Rain" comes to mind as a favorite.

 

[Damian]

Recently I think the most interesting photographer out there has been Christopher Williams

http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/1/selected_works_6.htm

also have been really digging Annette Kelm.

http://www.johannkoenig.de/inc/index.php?n=2,1,1&art_id=41&bild_id=1550

for those who are looking for interesting ways of taking new photographs (or at least thinking about the critical frame they sit in) I also really dig this blog called i heart photograph.

http://iheartphotograph.blogspot.com/

Most days I couldn't live without William Eggleston, Steven Shore, Araki, Terry Richardson, Diane Arbus and Robert Frank.

 

[Atlo]

im having that same trouble with william egglestone shawn. it drives me crazy that i like his stuff.

 

[flashgumby]

Last weekend I visited the Dead Link Removed in Sydney - it was my first visit and I had a ball!!!

Exhibitions were by Chris Ireland ("Breathe"), Francesca Rosa ("Interior Disaster") and Dead Link Removed ("Australian Minescapes").

Chris and Francesca also each did their "floor talk" and it was great to get into their mind and hear about their motivation, etc. It was also good to catch up with Francesca afterward and talk to her about her use of film (Rollei 6x6 with Reala) and catch a glimpse of her passion she's just so approachable and likeable.

I mainly went there because Chris is a mate (and cousin) and I wanted to show support for him at the exhibition, and to hear more about his "Breathe" series - as a bonus I found out a lot more about the killer we call "asbestos"

I can highly recommend these three artists, their current exhibitions and the venue as well

Regards,
Gordon

 

[Jim Chinn]

Interesting work here by Michael Donner:

http://photoeye.com/Gallery/forms2/...=1&Portfolio=Portfolio1&Gallery=PhotoShowcase

Read the artist statement. He describes his post exposure techniques to achieve his final prints.

 

[Cheryl Jacobs]

Chip Simons Bunny series caught my eye this week.

http://www.chipsimons.com/

Valerie, thanks for posting that! I met him at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival here in Denver several years ago, and the bunny series was so much fun. I've been trying to remember his name for the longest time, but haven't been able to recall or find his site. Many thanks.

 

[Ole]

Found a book with William Henry Fox Talbot's photographs, in the photo museum in Deidesheim. Not a bad photographer at all, though he's better remembered as the inventor of the negative/positive process...

 

[ZachInIsrael]

Doc Edgerton http://mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/edgerton/www/prewar.html
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