gary_mayo1 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 <p>Hands Down, John Peri! <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=470386">http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=470386</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawngibson Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vi_king Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesBecker-Toronto Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_drutz Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 <p>Bresson, the staff of National Geographic, and the staff of the old Life Magazine.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 <p>Ferdinando Scianna, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Nobuyoshi Araki</p> Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_south Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>Andreas Feininger ! One of my earliest influences, thanks Lex I could not remember his name.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgalyon Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>W. Eugene Smith, Margaret Bourke-White, Sally Mann</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bill Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>3 Deceased: Cartier-Bresson, Steichen, Herb Ritts Living, Denis Reggie, Joe Buissink and Joe McNally. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machts gut Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanjk_morris Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>Some people can't read, how annoying. </p> <p>Lauren Greenfield, Simon Roberts and Christopher Morris.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_harvey3 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>Ansel Adams, O. Winston Link, Diane Arbus, Pete Turner, Steve McCurry and WeeGee.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>Ansel Adams, Frans Lanting, Dorothea Lange.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_comtois Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 only 3..BRESSON..RICHARD AVEDON. AND ANDREA DEBONIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a._t._burke Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry h. Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojepsen1 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawngibson Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_henderson Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>Kenna, Burtynsky, Gursky</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieH Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Sabastiao Salgado, HC Bresson, Robert Doisneau..Annie Leibovitz...</p> Henri Matisse. “Creativity takes courage” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgalyon Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 <p>Shawn, Mind to expand on how Sally Mann gave you "perspective"? I'm a big fan of hers...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlw Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 <p>In no particular order: A. Adams, E. Weston, O Winston Link.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_bellenis Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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