photoblogger Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I've been spending some time on this forum and have really enjoyed many of the postings. Balaji, Bruno and Maria - some of your stuff is great. I want to learn more and, as well as just going out and practicing, I'm going to spend time studying the work of the likes of Arbus, Brassai, HCB and Winogrand. Can anyone suggest other photographers, whose work I could study, or recommend some good books on Street Photography? Thanks Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Lee Friedlander<p> Helen Levitt<p> Tony Ray-Jones<p> Josef Koudelka<p> Eliot Erwitt<p>Andre Kertesz<p> Walker Evans<p> Eugene Atget<p> Robert Frank<p> James Nachtwey<p> Sebastio Salgado<p> Alex Webb<p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everitt Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Martin Parr... I really enjoyed his retrospective... it showed his evolution as a photgrapher very well. Very witty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_stanton2 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Rene Burri<p> Inge Morath<p> Ara Guler<p> Edouard Boubat<p> Bruce Davidson<p> <p><p> <p>Check the Magnum site:<p> <a href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/TreePfTop_MAG.aspx?Stat=Menu_Photographers&E=A_29YL53DLU3P&V=Photographers ">Magnum Photographers</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everitt Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Magnum Degrees is a good introduction to the magnum photographers. This includes many of the names mentioned above.. Webb, Nachtwey, Parr, Koudelka, Steve McCurry, Luc Delahaye, etc.. Check out Alex Majoli as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna_g Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 It's been mentioned a thousand times here, but Bystander is an excellent introductory book on street photography. Great photos and some wonderful insight. The Magnum site is a must as well. I also enjoy the In Public site: http://www.in-public.com/site/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmo Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 <i>HCB and Winogrand</i><p>hacks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmo Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 here's a <a href="http://www.leveckis.net/links/">few</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everitt Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Thanks for the links Ed... Krzysztof Rost's stuff is cool.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabri Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Narelle Autio http://www.in-public.com/site/narelleautio/portfolio/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhooru Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 . . .here's a few Homer's all :) Try a book called Byestander for a nice historical, at least according to the authors' views retrospect. Besides those listed above, I'd have to include Klein and Weegee in any list as well as Robert Franks and Walker Evans, Harry Callahan, Paul Strand, Doiseneu, Atget plus a lot more I can't think of now. And just to blow any perspective you have, take a look at Witkin, a good look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Looky here: http://chaospress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 A few pix <a href= "http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/metzker1/pagephoto.htm">here</a>. And a whole bunch <a href="http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/gedney">here</a>. www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david j.lee Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 cartier-bresson,of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjords Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 "works you could study" Francisco Goya, etchings and lithographs. Ando Hiroshige, 100 views of Edo. a good start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmo Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 <i>Jason Everitt Photo.net Patron, aug 22, 2005; 07:29 p.m.<br> Thanks for the links Ed...</i> <p> <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?include=all&user_id=840187">thanks, but...</a> <p> another cool place....<a href="http://www.agencevu.com/en/photographes/default.asp?Photographes=1">VU</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris_chan Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Paul Graham's American Night. William Eggleston's Guide. Antoine D'Agata's Stigma. Graciela Iturbide's Juchitan de las mujeres. Gilles Peress's The Silence. Luc Delahaye's Wintereisse. Richard Billingham's Ray's a Laugh (the best book of the last 20 years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Louis Faurer is worth looking at. 'Ray's a laugh' is not strictly street but is powerful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Thought of some more suggestions.... Roger Maynes. Tony Ray-Jones (huge influence on Martin Parr, amongst others). Finally, I think that 'Homecoming' by Don McCullin is a stunning piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris_chan Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 "Ray's a laugh' is not strictly street" True, but it's hard to imagine any photographer not benefiting from seeing it. It was as radical on publication in the 90s as Frank's The Americans was in the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 I agree with you that Ray's a laugh is a book worth looking at. It is powerful stuff. However, just for the sake of being contrary, I have the tiniest doubt as to how radical it may be. I'm just wondering, only wondering, if there were other books that were published before this that covered the bases that Billingham did? Someone like, but not neccesarily, Nan Goldin perhaps? The only reason why I bring this piddling, pedantic point up is that I recently saw Martin Parr give a talk on photography books. One of the photographers he mentioned was a Danish guy who published a book of really radical colour photography in the late '40s. It comfortably pre-dates work by Egglestone , Sternfeld etc. You probably know the guy I'm thinking of. He was discussed at Arles. Parr is going to re-publish this book. Is it possible that Billingham's photography has also already been done? I think I'm saying there's nothing new under the sun (but Ray's a laugh still should be bought). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 <i>Graciela Iturbide's Juchitan de las mujeres.</i><p> Absolutely. Also check out anything by:<p> Manuel Alvarez Bravo<br> Marianne Yampolsky<br> Daido Moriyama<br> Christine Rodero Garcia Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photoblogger Posted August 23, 2005 Author Share Posted August 23, 2005 I wasn't expecting such a great response, so thank you all for your thoughts and for taking the time to share them. I've already started looking at some of the sites mentioned and have really been enjoying them - there's an extremely wide range of styles amongst your suggestions - good stuff. Looks like I'm going to be heading down to the Library this weekend.... All the best, Marcus PS. If anyone else has any more suggestions, please keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bljkasfdljkasfdljskfa Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Funny no one mentioned Claudio Edinger! His work is <a href="http://www.claudioedinger.com">shocking</a>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
._._z Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 It's clever commercial portraiture, for the most part, but not particularly shocking. My first thought was that it reminded me of the kind of work I've seen at dg28.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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