Leica Fashion Photographer.

I'm looking for a link to for a Fashion Photographer he uses a Leica.

I think he is American.

Superb Pictures in Black and White.

The Link was previously posted on Photo.net but I cannot find it now.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

I'm not familiar with the photo.net link, but...

 

The 'best' fashion photographer (in my opinion) i've known to use Leica is Walter Chin.

Walter, i believe, was born in Jamaica, but of Asian heritage, and has been a New Yorker

for quite a while. I don't know how often he uses Leica, as he's mostly known for medium

format work, but i have a print of his image of Gisele Bunchen on White Horse that was

shot with an R8/9 with 80mm 1.4 and Kodachrome, as credited by American Photo

magazine....

 

There was an article in the LFI magazine about Stefan May, a German working in NYC

(November 2003), and another about Alexander Obst, in Germany (Dec/Jan 04) - but,

really, i hadn't been aware of the work of either.

 

I'm almost certain none of these responses is what you were looking for, though. If you do

find out, please post the information.

My absolute favor in that aspect is Paolo Roversi. He uses Leica M as his 35mm tool along w/ 35/1.4 ASPH, Noctilux and 75/1.4 'lux.

 

If you have an opportunity to check out Leica World, issue 1/2003 by all means get one. He has the cover along with a in-depth interview plus portfolio.

Alex---Jeff Dunas is a wonderful photographer who specializes in fashion and

beauty, although he ventures into the world of Jazz muscians and bikers, too.

I have a book of his titled <I>laurra</I>. He's based in Los Angeles.

Hating to state the obvious but Jeff Dunas is a true believer and user of Leica

cameras. The book is correctly spelled <I> laura</I>.

Perhaps <a href="http://pdngallery.com/legends/legends8/" target="_blank">Rodney Smith</a>?

<p>http://pdngallery.com/legends/legends8/

I like Ellen von Unwerth and Albert Watson. Great photographers, some amazing books. However, it's never occurred to me to wonder what camera anyone who makes great photographs uses. I guess that means I can't answer the question.

Do you mean William Klein? Didn't he use wide angle lenses on aN M in the

early '60s?

 

Arthur Elgort uses Leicas (I watched him use an R8) quite a lot but then he

also uses Linhofs, Mamiyas etc.

Thank You EL.

 

Rodney Smith is who I was looking for.

Great Pictures, incredible vision, well worth a look.

Sure I saw somewhere on that Link that he uses a Leica.

 

Going in to have another look now.

Thanks to all.

Rodney Smith use M4, 50mm. and Tri-x and plus-x, according to himself and Kodak.

Rodney Smith also shoots a lot with the Hasselblad. I think his commercial work is now,

more often, shot with 6x6 and tri-x.

<i>"However, it's never occurred to me to wonder what camera anyone who makes great photographs uses."</i>

<p>Yes, yes... but Rodney Smith sticks in my mind because he took ONE camera with ONE lens and ONE film to his professional shoots. That's a man with some serious metallic balls, but the work speaks for itself.

I read an interview with Smith and he told a story about how he showed up to a photo

shoot with one camera, one lens and a few rolls of tri-x in his pocket. The art director

was horrified... but he got the shots. Overall I like his work, though sometimes I feel

it's a bit cold and detached.

There's a NY fashion/lifestyle shooter by the unlikely name of Alan Caplan who uses all

kinds of gear, but really favors older German Contax SLR gear like the 55/1.2 and 85/1.2,

and Leica M stuff including the Nocti and 75/1.4. He has multiple versions of many M focal

lengths he uses for specific looks or a subtile feel. Shoots a lot of fashion as well as

lifestyle images for national clients. I was at his studio when the TV news magazine 48

Hours was there filming a fashion portion of an entire show dedicated to America's

obsession with youth, fashion and thinness. (I got a shot of Dan Rather then) Alan used

the Contax and M during the filming. He still uses film only BTW.

theres a guy that shoots for the SI swimsuit edition with just a point and shoot cam....whats the big deal as long as u get what you need...

I have an issue of SI that the guy who shot with the P&S camera was in. His pictures look like they were shot by a seven-year old with a broken point and shoot Cracker Jack camera. They had the technical quality of a toilet seat. They displayed the technical ability of a quadriplegic moron on Qualuuds. This charlatan must have played SI for a tidy sum with his "technique". There's one born every minute, especially inside the Time-Life Building.

You guys are thinking of Terry Richardson, I think...

and he shot with a Yashica T4 for SI...

<i>pictures look like they were shot by a seven-year old with a broken point and shoot Cracker Jack camera...</i><p>

 

Let us know when Vogue and SI are employing you. <p>

 

Is <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2001/swimsuit/gallery/josie/josie_3_lg.html">this</a> an example of a seven year old shooting with a broken point and shoot Cracker Jack camera? If it is, let us know when Vogue and SI are employing you.

Seem to recall that William Eggleston was of a similar persuasion - camera, one lens and buying his film off-the-shelf at a nearby pharmacy while on assignment.

<a href="http://www.terryrichardson.com/" >Terry Richardson's site is sooo not safe for work</a>

"there's a guy that shoots for the SI swimsuit edition with just a point and shoot

cam .... what's the big deal as long as u get what you need..."

 

That wasn't the question Alex asked. The constant harping on "its the photographer, not

the gear" has turned into a dogmatic mantra, that's become an "off the shelf" answer to

every gear related preference question asked on a site dedicated to a preferred gear. It's

getting downright evangelistic ... and (subjectively) for me incredibly elitist and boring.

 

I LIKE and PREFER to use certain gear. So do others. I don't entertain the notion that my

preference makes me a better photographer in terms of content or any other intuitive part

of making art. I do believe that preference for certain "hardware" makes a difference in the

craft of photography when certain levels of that craft are part of one's personal

expression. This is a site dedicated to that notion. What the heck is so difficult in

understanding that?

My father shot shoes and watches for a big mail order catalogue on 9x13 B/W in the 60's. They hand colored the contact prints because slides weren't exact enough. If I'm correct the process was changed to 9x13 slides around 1970 and to 6x6 in 1972.

 

With clothing and jewlery, color accuracy in print was the "prime directive" :-)

<i>"It's getting downright evangelistic ... and (subjectively) for me incredibly elitist and boring."</i>

<p>Funny, that's exactly how I feel about gearhead posts... especially the ones with some kind of spin on the delusional "Leica is best" mantra...

not all the participants of photo.net fully understand the difference between "gear" and "photographer"........yes, you are correct in saying that a well seasoned photographer, who knows what he is doing will have certain preferences of equipment. But, those choices are based on experience (of the photographer), and on personal ergonomics likes/dislikes (of the photographer). When there is that kind of understanding of how gear relates to the photographer and the final image, then gear talk is perfectly acceptable.

 

However, that is NOT the way it is usually discussed, except by a few knowledgable people...yourself included...who know that scenario.

 

A large amount of the participants on this site are extremely new to photography. And when they hear all this gear talk they want leicas, nikons, hassy's.........etc. And they want it because they have this uninformed idea that gear makes the difference. I hear it all the time.....from the way posts are worded, the way photographers I meet face to face talk about gear and pictures........there is that "gear makes the picture" philosphy that permeates the atmosphere around photography.

 

It doesnt. The photographer is the determining factor. And only by learning photography, not gear, is one ever going to take a decent picture......and have the knowledge to choose the correct gear.

 

The ones who know this already, should really be on the outlook for photographers who are suseptible to this kind of enticement and leave alone the ones spreading the message that gear is not all that important but that learning how to take a picture should come first. Then the gear choices.

 

I fully understand that the seasoned photographers are tired of hearing it...........but, you are sending the wrong message to the neophyte photographers on this website. A knowledgable photographer can make an image worth looking at with ANY camera that can handle the circumstances involved. And it takes experience and training to get to that point. Starting out with the best equipment does absolutely nothing for the beginner.......but most think it does.

 

I for one will continue to voice this message........because it is the CORRECT message.