Who is your all time favorite photographer?
May 8, 2014 06:21:39 #
A.J.R.
Loc: Devon, UK
There are so many and it depends so much on the type of photography. I love the work of Edward Weston, Brett Weston, Irving Penn and many others photographing different types of subject matter, but my favorite subject matter is that which photographers such as Brassi and Robert Doisneau are famous for, so they rank near the top of my favorites. But more recently I have admired the work of Vivian Maier. If you have not seen her work do take a look.
http://www.vivianmaier.com/
http://www.vivianmaier.com/
May 8, 2014 06:40:36 #
May 8, 2014 06:53:01 #
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May 8, 2014 06:53:11 #
B&W...."Ansel Adams",http://www.anseladams.com/
Color..."Pete Turner" :http://www.peteturner.com/Bio/index2.html
Almost forgot... Abstracts"Ernst Haas" :http://www.ernst-haas.com/
Darkroom..."Abe Rezney"(my darkroom teacher) http://www.aberezny.com/
Color..."Pete Turner" :http://www.peteturner.com/Bio/index2.html
Almost forgot... Abstracts"Ernst Haas" :http://www.ernst-haas.com/
Darkroom..."Abe Rezney"(my darkroom teacher) http://www.aberezny.com/
May 8, 2014 07:05:41 #
May 8, 2014 07:07:26 #
Vivian Maier, the nanny who took some of the best street photography ever, lugging around a heavy Rolleiflex and then left her negs in a box that others found and used to show her work to an astounded world.
May 8, 2014 07:23:37 #
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May 8, 2014 07:29:07 #
davidheald1942 wrote:
My all time favorite photographer is W. Eugene Smith.
I'll try to find a link to his bio, but you can google him to get a feel of just how terrific-a-photographer he was.
I'll try to find a link to his bio, but you can google him to get a feel of just how terrific-a-photographer he was.
Me.
May 8, 2014 08:01:47 #
May 8, 2014 08:01:54 #
davidheald1942 wrote:
My all time favorite photographer is W. Eugene Smith.
I'll try to find a link to his bio, but you can google him to get a feel of just how terrific-a-photographer he was.
I'll try to find a link to his bio, but you can google him to get a feel of just how terrific-a-photographer he was.
For me it would have to be Lars Van De Goor the way he photographs trees really amazes me.
May 8, 2014 08:09:56 #
Ambrose wrote:
My tastes ebb and flow, but I'm currently obsessed with Vivian Maier.
Absolutely amazing. I don't think she had any idea how good she was.
http://vivianmaierprints.com/
Absolutely amazing. I don't think she had any idea how good she was.
http://vivianmaierprints.com/
I am truly obsessed with her as well, her photos make you feel like you are right there.
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May 8, 2014 08:28:54 #
Henri Carter-Bresson has to be my all time favorite.....he used one lens with his Leica for basically his entire life. He as I feel you don't need a lens for every ten feet as many photographers seem to, one wide angle and one telephoto if you must, you still have to "capture the moment" if your work is gona have any real photographic justice. In my nearly 30 years as a photojournalist I basically only use one camera and one lens, looking for that "moment" to justify my work. Some photographers have it in their hear they need every lens to make one good photograph, not true.
May 8, 2014 08:32:08 #
A year ago I would have said Ansel Adams. While I still love his work, my horizons have been broadened quite a bit these past 12 months, and now it is much tougher to answer that question definitively.
May 8, 2014 08:39:08 #
waykee7
Loc: Cortez, Colorado
davidheald1942 wrote:
My all time favorite photographer is W. Eugene Smith.
I'll try to find a link to his bio, but you can google him to get a feel of just how terrific-a-photographer he was.
I'll try to find a link to his bio, but you can google him to get a feel of just how terrific-a-photographer he was.
A go0d discussion thread. When Ansel Adams died, the Tucson Citizen newspaper ran a cartoon. It showed the Yosemite valley, and Ronald Reagan, who was just a speck in the valley. Adams was as tall as Half Dome, and the caption read: "Scale true to the size of the man".
I like Arbus, and Weston was clearly a master, both as a photographer and as a printmaker. Cartier-Bresson recognized that photography captured fleeting moments better than any painting, and there's a humanity to his work that appeals. Vivian Maier was a Master too, painfully and tragically crazy but gifted, and her story is compelling in the most human way.
May 8, 2014 08:40:12 #
Based on actual money spent to hang pictures in the living room, it has to be Thomas Mengelson.
http://mangelsen.com/
Beyond his photographic skill, I admire him for being able to build a business and make a living around his work.
http://mangelsen.com/
Beyond his photographic skill, I admire him for being able to build a business and make a living around his work.
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