travis1 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 would be interesting to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_bumgardner Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Shelby Lee Adams he is not the most famous photographer but I love his pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I'd like to spend a day with a dead one, any dead one. Would make my day, as long as the smell wasn't too strong. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliafarniev Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Paul Strandt, to tap on his vast humanity. Robert Mapplethorpe seems to be a nice guy to hang with. And Cindy Sherman just to see if I can help the wretched chick to straighten up a bit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 She's actually a lot of fun. My choice would be Richard Avedon or Ernst Hass. Maybe Ansel Adams in the 1940s. Or me, 20 years ago. (ignoring the grandfather paradox.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl_klitzke Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I can only pick one? Well I am going to pick many. Henry Hamilton Bennett -- Those of you who have heard of the Wisconsin Dells can thank this man. Hiking around the wilderness with wet plates to get pictures which made this city a tourist draw (at least for Wisconsin). Helmut Newton -- I suggest reading his autobiography if you have not. Any time I think, "damn, I don't have enough equipment to get a good shot" I remember how for so many years he worked with a basic MF camera and a single hot light. So many more..I'll throw William Henry Fox Talbot in the mix for his contributions to our craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david j.lee Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Weston, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Without a doubt it would have to be Lisette Model. When another famous photographer (whose name escapes me at the moment) ask her how she achieved the look of her prints she replied "I send the film to be processed at the corner drug store". Something to that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Model was well-known for her darkroom work. She achieved much of her look by shooting from farther away than would be expected and heavily cropping in the darkroom. She was trained in darkroom technique by her older sister. The "drug store" comment was intended to be an insult to Edward Weston in a sarcastic response to a question of his. Now that type of attitude certainly makes me want to spend a day with her, as long as, as I said above, she doesn't smell too much. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Avedon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucecahn Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Myself. Not that I do not like the work of many other people as well, but I believe that one's self should be the source of creative work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h._p. Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Excellent answer, Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. sullen Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Davinci, because he invented it hundreds of years before it exisited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose_angel Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Interesting question; probably this day would be more fun with Man Ray. Latest interviews show him as a very kind person, funny, natural, intelligent. I don`t know if I`m more impressed by its photography or by its personality. I really love his loose sense of humour. On his tomb the epitaph is explanatory: "Unconcerned but not indifferent". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpolaski Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Ilse Bing. (To the other Jeff, smear Vicks Vapor Rub on your upper lip.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guk Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Arthur Elgort Good Fun, Unpretentious, Lasted a long time How does he keep it like that in that phony fashion world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Dorothea Lange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeaster Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Dead -- Eugene Atget Living -- Jan Saudek PN member -- Jim Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdp Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Robert Doisneau. (I would hope he spoke some English since I speak no French.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyphillips Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Marc Adamus, I love the outdoors as much as he does and love his work even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimmons Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Roddy McDowall. Yes the actor who played Cornelius in Planet of the Apes. He was also a well renowned photographer and they even named the Roddy McDowall Photograph Archive at the Margaret Herrick Library after him, which is filled with over 8 million pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeman458 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Stieglitz for his passion to move things to the forefront. Serrano for his mentally deviant, devil may care, narcissistic approach. Arbus for her socially exploratory qualities of others and herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I said "Avedon" for a reason. He's near the top of my photo hero list, whereas the top remains Edward Weston. EW, despite being #1, wasn't my pick for the "day with" opportunity because that might entail too much time in the darkroom. And like him, I'm an early riser...but I "vant to be alone" at dawn. I admire EW's images, his prints, and his women: truthfully I'd only want to make the latter two :-) Avedon's dedication, vision, and energy are what I'd like to tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike dixon Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Garry Winogrand. I think I'd appreciate his sense of humor. If not, we could just go out and look at women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asher Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Deceased: Eisenstaedt, because his life experiences made him the Walter Cronkite of photography.<p> Alive: Conan O'Brien. I read somewhere that he likes to shoot, and it would definitely be an entertaining day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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