Who are local photographers (to you) that should be famous?

Hubigpielover · Feb 28, 2017

Watching this mini-documantery Fonville Winans who was a famous photographer in Louisiana but not so much anywhere else. Or I never seen his stuff exhibited or mentioned on forum boards. I guess he can be called a documentary style photographer because he captured the life and people of Louisiana.

Here is his son talking about the pictures he took in Grand Isle, La

Here is the website his son started:
http://www.fonvillewinans.com

What photographer from area would you like to see get recognition?

Steve Smith · Feb 28, 2017

The most local photographer to me was Julia Margaret Cameron. She's quite well known.

Steve.

benjiboy · Feb 28, 2017

A very old friend of more than fifty years and great jazz photographer who sadly died recently Terry Cryer Dead Link Removed

Hubigpielover · Feb 28, 2017

Steve Smith said:
The most local photographer to me was Julia Margaret Cameron. She's quite well known.

Steve.

Cool, she certainly has some interesting pictures. Thanks for sharing.

removed account4 · Feb 28, 2017

he's not local to me, but local to you

sam portera !

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Hubigpielover · Feb 28, 2017

Hubigpielover said:
Cool, she certainly has some interesting pictures. Thanks for sharing.

My condolences on your loss. Terry has a good eye and I love his pictures. I can hear the jazz and smell the smoke.

Hubigpielover · Feb 28, 2017

jnanian said:
he's not local to me, but local to you

sam portera !

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Great pictures....wish he posted more.

removed account4 · Feb 28, 2017

Hubigpielover said:
Great pictures....wish he posted more.

me too !
he's been gone for a long long time....
he might be active in NOLA art scene though
not being from there imnot sure ..

Peter Schrager · Feb 28, 2017

I have 2 of sam'S photos...grather guy..I believe they got hit during Katrina

keenmaster486 · Feb 28, 2017

I really like Alex Burke ( Dead Link Removed ) but he's by no means a household name.

Wayne · Feb 28, 2017

Hmm, well I grew up squeezed in between where Edward Weston, Elliot Porter and Wynn Bullock were born...but nobody has ever heard of those hacks.

But recently I stumbled across one of my high school photography teachers website and I was stunned to find he did pretty first rate work, even if some of it is digital. He's not local anymore but then neither am I

http://richardolderman.com/

Interestingly he leaves "high school photography teacher" clean out of his resume...lol

Arklatexian · Mar 1, 2017

Hubigpielover said:
Watching this mini-documantery Fonville Winans who was a famous photographer in Louisiana but not so much anywhere else. Or I never seen his stuff exhibited or mentioned on forum boards. I guess he can be called a documentary style photographer because he captured the life and people of Louisiana.

Here is his son talking about the pictures he took in Grand Isle, La

Here is the website his son started:
http://www.fonvillewinans.com

What photographer from area would you like to see get recognition?

There are several really nice books about Fonville, Some are out of print. My favorite quote from him was in a film about him. He said:"I took those pictures because I thought they were interesting and it was fun. Now people tell me they are Art". He said this shortly before he died and to me those words have become "Pearls of Wisdom...................Regards!

Arklatexian · Mar 1, 2017

jnanian said:
me too !
he's been gone for a long long time....
he might be active in NOLA art scene though
not being from there imnot sure ..

If you are still talking about Fonville Wynan, he worked in Baton Rouge (Huey Long was a fan of his) and one of his books contained photographs of famous Louisiana politicans (both good and bad) of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Interesting man........Regards!

Hubigpielover said:
Watching this mini-documantery Fonville Winans who was a famous photographer in Louisiana but not so much anywhere else. Or I never seen his stuff exhibited or mentioned on forum boards. I guess he can be called a documentary style photographer because he captured the life and people of Louisiana.

Here is his son talking about the pictures he took in Grand Isle, La

Here is the website his son started:
http://www.fonvillewinans.com

What photographer from area would you like to see get recognition?

Another long-gone photographer who worked in the French Quarter in New Orleans was "Pops" Whitsell. If you have ever been to "Preservation Hall", you have been in his studio. His best pictures were shot in LF cameras which had spiderwebs and dust INSIDE the camera. He once sent some of his work to Photo Salons throughout the USA and maybe international......Regards (again)!

removed account4 · Mar 1, 2017

oldtimermetoo said:
If you are still talking about Fonville Wynan, he worked in Baton Rouge (Huey Long was a fan of his) and one of his books contained photographs of famous Louisiana politicans (both good and bad) of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Interesting man........Regards!

hi oldtimermetoo,
i had never heard of fonville wynan before this thread ... beautiful work !
i was talking about a guy named sam portera, an apug member from way back
he photographed a lot of the aftermath of hurricane katrina ( as peter said )
his work was / is masterful and heartbreaking.

Hubigpielover · Mar 3, 2017

keenmaster486 said:
I really like Alex Burke ( Dead Link Removed ) but he's by no means a household name.

He takes some good looking photos. That's why I started this thread. To learn about photographers that aren't famous but have great work.

Hubigpielover · Mar 3, 2017

oldtimermetoo said:
If you are still talking about Fonville Wynan, he worked in Baton Rouge (Huey Long was a fan of his) and one of his books contained photographs of famous Louisiana politicans (both good and bad) of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Interesting man........Regards!

Another long-gone photographer who worked in the French Quarter in New Orleans was "Pops" Whitsell. If you have ever been to "Preservation Hall", you have been in his studio. His best pictures were shot in LF cameras which had spiderwebs and dust INSIDE the camera. He once sent some of his work to Photo Salons throughout the USA and maybe international......Regards (again)!

I will have to look up Pops Whitsell because I have never heard of him. I like Winans because he took pictures of normal people and things. I grew up on Grand Isle and his pictures have always fascinated me. I have a good bit of his books on my Amazon wish list just waiting for the oilfield to pick back up so I can spend money again. His son runs a website http://www.fonvillewinans.com where you can still get prints.

Hubigpielover · Mar 3, 2017

jnanian said:
hi oldtimermetoo,
i had never heard of fonville wynan before this thread ... beautiful work !
i was talking about a guy named sam portera, an apug member from way back
he photographed a lot of the aftermath of hurricane katrina ( as peter said )
his work was / is masterful and heartbreaking.

Fonville is the tits! Thanks for making me aware of Sam's stuff. His Katrina book is now on my Amazon list.

darkroom_rookie · Mar 11, 2017

A tiny selection of the works of mr. Klarica. Mostly contact prints, which are a marvel to behold in person, some inkjet blowups in recent years ( but done equally brilliant ).

http://obscuranova.com/obscuranova/Photography_1976_-_2015.html

Oxleyroad · Mar 12, 2017

I wish there was more out there of photographer I think should be famous. Don Turvey of Mildura, Victoria - Australia. Don, together with my father encouraged me into photography. As a kid Don used to give me his Ilford cassettes that I could reload, and when the newspaper was disposing of it's darkroom gear he saved the enlarger for me. He sold me my first new enlarger and my first new camera at less than cost price as he was agent for several photographic companies in town. I was often able to see his first pictures prior to them going to the newspaper office.

Sadly he passed away in 2012.

He documented so much of the rural Victorian and Australian life during his time as a photographer in Mildura. All of his negatives were catalogued and left to the city of Mildura Historical Society so thank fully not lost.

Even when I was in my early 40s he was still interested in what gear I had, why I had it, and what and why my wish list consisted of what it did. Never judgement, just advice. It was the same for the pictures I took.

There is a couple of local articles made by the Australian Broadcatsing Corp I've linked below.
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/7338
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/7076

Hubigpielover · Mar 12, 2017

darkroom_rookie said:
A tiny selection of the works of mr. Klarica. Mostly contact prints, which are a marvel to behold in person, some inkjet blowups in recent years ( but done equally brilliant ).

http://obscuranova.com/obscuranova/Photography_1976_-_2015.html

Really love his photos in the park with the fog. Thanks for sharing.

Hubigpielover · Mar 12, 2017

Oxleyroad said:
I wish there was more out there of photographer I think should be famous. Don Turvey of Mildura, Victoria - Australia. Don, together with my father encouraged me into photography. As a kid Don used to give me his Ilford cassettes that I could reload, and when the newspaper was disposing of it's darkroom gear he saved the enlarger for me. He sold me my first new enlarger and my first new camera at less than cost price as he was agent for several photographic companies in town. I was often able to see his first pictures prior to them going to the newspaper office.

Sadly he passed away in 2012.

He documented so much of the rural Victorian and Australian life during his time as a photographer in Mildura. All of his negatives were catalogued and left to the city of Mildura Historical Society so thank fully not lost.

Even when I was in my early 40s he was still interested in what gear I had, why I had it, and what and why my wish list consisted of what it did. Never judgement, just advice. It was the same for the pictures I took.

There is a couple of local articles made by the Australian Broadcatsing Corp I've linked below.
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/7338
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/7076

Man that photo of the dust storm is pretty cool and ballsy. It is great to have someone who can mentor you and give good advice.

rwjr · Nov 21, 2017

Wayne said:
Hmm, well I grew up squeezed in between where Edward Weston, Elliot Porter and Wynn Bullock were born...but nobody has ever heard of those hacks.

But recently I stumbled across one of my high school photography teachers website and I was stunned to find he did pretty first rate work, even if some of it is digital. He's not local anymore but then neither am I

http://richardolderman.com/

Interestingly he leaves "high school photography teacher" clean out of his resume...lol

some cool stuff , thanks for posting

LeftCoastKid · Nov 21, 2017

A little surprised that both "hubigpielover" and "oldtimermetoo" neglected to mention the inimitable Clarence John Laughlin of New Orleans. His Ghosts Along the Mississippi - photographs of the antebellum homes of the River Road region of Louisiana, shot in the 1940s - is a true classic.I picked up a copy in St. Francisville, La. in 1979; it continues to occupy a prominent spot on one of my bookshelves, and, after almost 40 years, still gets a regular thumb-through.

rwjr · Nov 21, 2017

LeftCoastKid said:
A little surprised that both "hubigpielover" and "oldtimermetoo" neglected to mention the inimitable Clarence John Laughlin of New Orleans. His Ghosts Along the Mississippi - photographs of the antebellum homes of the River Road region of Louisiana, shot in the 1940s - is a true classic.I picked up a copy in St. Francisville, La. in 1979; it continues to occupy a prominent spot on one of my bookshelves, and, after almost 40 years, still gets a regular thumb-through.

looks interesting , i'll have to pick up a copy sometime

JensH · Nov 21, 2017

Hi,

not a local guy here in Europe, but for you overseas:
Andreas Weidner!
http://www.andreasweidner.com/?Galerie/Amrum_I
He has great feeling for tonality and composion.
I love his work since I got his book "Küstenklänge" in the 1990s.

Best
Jens

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