Looking for urban landscape photographers.

[tom_smith22]

Gday all. I'm looking for photographers (established/published if possible, but

if you know an extraordinarily good Flickr . . .) for a research task.

I'm looking for more brutalistic type photographs. Elements of film noir and

even post-cyberpunk themes come to mind. Urban decay is absolutely fine, but not

at all necessary. Colour/B&W doesn't matter, or if people are in the frame. Even

if you know of any good painters (eg Jeffrey Smart) please say.

Some examples might help me here. Apologies for the links.

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Paul Raphaelson's

<a href="http://www.urbanlandscape.org.uk/paulr/pr4-01.htm">'Wilderness'

series</a>: 1st and 3rd from top.

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2, 7, 8, and 10 from top here: <a

href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/nw-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IYul">Photo.net</a>

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and 6th from top here (also 2nd from bottom):

<a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/nw-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CHP7">Photo.net</a>

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I've spent many hours pawing through portfolios both here and a few other

places, but a lot of the stuff I find is street photography, and a lot of urban

landscape sites feature mostly colourful shtos of facades, etc. I hope this

doesn't seem like I'm asking other people to do my work, but if you can think of

anyone that does anything like this, or if any of the images remind you of

someones style, help would be appreciated.

 

- Tom

[jonathan_reynolds]

<p>I haven't the faintest idea what it means, but please tell me this is post-cyberpunk. Please. </p>

 

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[ray .]

What kind of "research task" are you talking about? For what?

[sprouty]

Like this?<div></div>

[sprouty]

Or this?<div></div>

[sprouty]

BTW, Saul Zelan is one of my favorites on this site. Though most of his work may not fit what you're looking for stylistically, I think some might.

 

http://www.photo.net/photo/4839632

http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=34061

[jamesb]

Jeffrey Smart is an excellent painter of idealised industrial landscapes. Not sure I would put it into the same bucket as 'Urban landscape'. I have a book "The hand of man on America : David Plowden" which might help you. It might not be urban enough though.

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[tom_smith22]

Urban and industrial are kinda interchangable when it comes to me. I'm leaning towards pictures with an industrialized take on urban landscapes, if that makes sense. Jonathan R, your picture 'Where's Wally at the Fair?' has an air of what I'm looking for. And no, SP, not quite what I'm after. Technically good images with proper focus, but the first photo of the second link you gave I like.

 

Maybe if you could just drop the names of a few people who take urban landscape pictures and I can just go from there, as I can't seem to find too many of them.

[jamesb]

The Raphaelson shots above bring Paul Strand and Robert Doisneau to mind for some reason although neither of those took so much pleasure in showing the decay element. Lots of shots taken in Europoean cities after the war ought to have that in spades. Even "Lost America" if you don't mind the weird flash gels.

[orvillerobertson]

I've known Paul for a long time. Excellent photographer, very intelligent, and plays the bass

to boot. He's a real character.

[clive1]

<i>He's a real character</i>

 

<P>Not any more, Orville. Paul Strand died in 1976!

[________1]

This guy's stuff is kind of colourful...<p><p>

 

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[orvillerobertson]

Clive, no, I meant Paul Raphaelson! Haha!

[joe_gallo]

Tom, Wondering what sort of project you're working on...<div></div>

[clive1]

Orville, you've got me all confused now! Which one's the bass player?

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[ray .]

I know a guy who does some cool abandoned interiors if you can tell me more specifically

what you're doing with the stuff..

[orvillerobertson]

Clive, all my remarks were about Brooklyn-based photographer Paul Raphaelson, mentioned

at the top of this thread. Ray, Barry Fisher has been working on a wonderful series of

industrial images. Park your car here, Barry, this thread's for you.