Favorite photographers?

<p>Hands Down, John Peri! <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=470386">http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=470386</a></p>

Sally Mann yes, her later work reminds me of Tony Schermann. Her early work is also worth noting for its honesty but

obviously I approach it from a distance, being male. I definitely appreciate her conviction to photograph what she loves

regardless of anything else and her ability to do so with grace.

 

I think she is a great photographer.

<p>Robert Capa,Dianne Arbus,Lewis Hines,Edward Meatyard,Helmut Newton,Mary Ellen Mark,Bill Jay for his writings also.Oh and that guy from Blow Up.</p>

<p>"and that guy from Blow Up"<br>

I had forgotten about him! For those of you who haven't seen this movie, do yourself a favour and get hold of a copy and watch it; it dealt with the question of reality and photography (and just plain reality) in a pre digital/pre Photoshop era. cb :-)</p>

<p>Bresson, the staff of National Geographic, and the staff of the old Life Magazine.</p>

<p>Ferdinando Scianna, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Nobuyoshi Araki</p>

<p>In terms of influences on my style (murky, ill-defined thing that it is):<br>

Brassaï<br>

Andreas Feininger<br>

William Mortensen<br>

Pretty much the same list I've kept in my noggin since I was a kid, probably because I read about 'em and saw their photos fairly early on.</p>

<p>In terms of inspiration - that breath of creativity that makes me say <em>wow</em>... way too many to list. And I'm fickle. At the moment, let's go with: <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=526277">Emil Schildt</a>, <a href="http://photo.box.sk/selfs.php3?id=1910">Terry Palka</a>, and Michael Kenna. Subject to change at whim.</p>

<p>I have to add two more.</p>

<p><strong>Bruce Dale</strong>, who spent a long career with National Geographic and who gets my vote for the most versatile photographer in history.</p>

<p><strong>Ernst Haas</strong>, whose work brims with emotion and sets the gold standard for a defining a personal style.</p>

 

<p>Andreas Feininger ! One of my earliest influences, thanks Lex I could not remember his name.</p>

<p>W. Eugene Smith, Margaret Bourke-White, Sally Mann</p>

<p>3 Deceased: Cartier-Bresson, Steichen, Herb Ritts Living, Denis Reggie, Joe Buissink and Joe McNally. </p>

<p>Robert Frank - for his disrespect of traditional views, even for traditions that followed his own work and for the very private approach in his later work<br>

Josef Sudek - for his love of small things and his own small cosmos<br>

August Sander - his portraits, especially of groups, are still among the best</p>

<p>Some people can't read, how annoying. </p>

<p>Lauren Greenfield, Simon Roberts and Christopher Morris.</p>

<p>Ansel Adams, O. Winston Link, Diane Arbus, Pete Turner, Steve McCurry and WeeGee.</p>

<p>Ansel Adams, Frans Lanting, Dorothea Lange.</p>

only 3..BRESSON..RICHARD AVEDON. AND ANDREA DEBONIS

<p>Gentlepersons.... </p>

<p>From out of the Depression at Fremont High came John Dominus with his iconic baboon and leopard encounter, and Mark Kaufman, the first high school student to have a Life cover. </p>

<p>A. T. Burke</p>

<p>I was just going to read others' favorites, but two of my favorites haven't been mentioned yet...</p>

<p>Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter & Edward Weston</p>

<p>As nature is my primary interest, I also like this guy's list: -- http://www.rwongphoto.com/blog/top-10-influential-nature-photographers-alltime/ -- but would also add Clyde Butcher and too many of the National Geo photographers to name.</p>

<p>There are many... All of those whose names I know have already been mentioned here, so I suppose there's no need to reiterate. There are quite a few from photo.net as well, who deserve a space amongst the most influential photographers in my private little world of photography :-)</p>

<p>re: the Sally Mann comment. Here's why I like her, she gave me perspective:</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/12278530-lg.jpg" alt="" width="1013" height="1500" /></p>

<p>Kenna, Burtynsky, Gursky</p>

<p>Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Sabastiao Salgado, HC Bresson, Robert Doisneau..Annie Leibovitz...</p>

<p>Shawn, Mind to expand on how Sally Mann gave you "perspective"? I'm a big fan of hers...</p>

<p>In no particular order: A. Adams, E. Weston, O Winston Link.</p>

<p>Patrick Demarchelier, Terence Donovan, Herb Ritts. That's three... I could go on to mention another twenty without drawing breath, but these three sprung to mind first. Most overrated would be an interesting list, but I'm not touching that!</p>