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06-18-2009, 08:55 PM   #1
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Who inspire you and why?

Which photographer(s) inspire you the most?
How did you find this photographer(s)?
Why does this photographer(s) inspire you?
Please link their webpage or places where you can find their images.

They can be pro or non-pro, they can use any brand of system and they can be from anytime.

The reason why I posted this post because right now I have a block and I am looking at some work that can move me.

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QuoteOriginally posted by SuperAkuma Quote
Which photographer(s) inspire you the most?
How did you find this photographer(s)?
Why does this photographer(s) inspire you?
Please link their webpage or places where you can find their images.

They can be pro or non-pro, they can use any brand of system and they can be from anytime.

The reason why I posted this post because right now I have a block and I am looking at some work that can move me.


Al the pros aside, probably hinman right in this forum inspired me when I was first getting going with DSLRs. He could get the best images from any cheap lens, and any expensive lens. He made me try harder to 'see'.

Hin The Man.

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Al the pros aside, probably hinman right in this forum inspired me when I was first getting going with DSLRs. He could get the best images from any cheap lens, and any expensive lens. He made me try harder to 'see'.

Hin The Man.

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Thanks for the link, it is great that someone on this board inspired you. I checked out his site and I noticed he is from the bay area, only a few miles from where I live. I also noticed that is is on my contact list on my flickr page. I will have to keep a close eye on him.
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My Grandfather.

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I have to say that most of my inspiration comes from the people on this forum. The people that I tend to watch the most are Jsherman,Hinman,Maxwell, Igilligan,Devisor,Duplo,Mike Cash,Jdredline there are others but these people I follow the most and they are also responsible for my LBA kidding about that part a little
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I am pleased to see a subject like this.

I have been letting the great photographers of all time inspire me from day one.

I also take very much advantage of all the beautiful photos uploaded on galleries on different photo fora including this great one I'm writing to at this moment.

For what i like, there won't be server space enough to go through.
It will be hard for me to limit this post but I'll give it a try.


Man Ray:







I very much admire Man Ray's ability to cross photography and other art forms.
His ability to pioneer photography of it's days.
The way he expresses feminin portraiting.

Henri Cartier-Bresson:





I get puzzled of the very moment he can frame.

Elliot Erwitt:





I like his humour.

Robert Capa:



As a war reporter, Eddie Adams and Robert Capa were the ones to capture cruelness in basic form.

John Hedgecoe:
For all his super literature on the photo subject.
He inspired me from the start to take a camera in my hand and to go in the darkroom.

Nicolas Muray:
His pictures are apparently well protected and I respect that.
His colours, his romance, portraits, his use of colour cabro processing.


Staff of national Geographic:



Phillippe Halsman:





here is the avantgarde and surrealism of photography.

Eugene Atget:





Without Atget, not many others would have been.

Chris Steele-Perkins:

I Can't seem to find photos reflecting what I like the best about him.
His freedom of the unexpected chaos in the photos.
the contrast of the everyday life.

Alexander Rodchenko:







He was a master of shadow.
In his photos I see infinity.


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QuoteOriginally posted by jsherman999 Quote
Al the pros aside, probably hinman right in this forum inspired me when I was first getting going with DSLRs. He could get the best images from any cheap lens, and any expensive lens. He made me try harder to 'see'.

Hin The Man.

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Even better than his photography is his passion to learn. I havent seen anyone willing to learn so much and applying it successfully to his photography. His improvement over the last 1-2 years has been astonishing.

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As a war reporter, Eddie Adams and Robert Capa were the ones to capture cruelness in basic form.

John Hedgecoe:
For all his super literature on the photo subject.
He inspired me from the start to take a camera in my hand and to go in the darkroom.


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Niklas
That image is amazing to me. I agree with you on Adams and Capa. I'd like to ad Hubert Van Es and Larry Price to that list.

I mentioned my grandfather earlier becaue I may never have picked up a camera the way I do had it not been for him. He taught me it was o.k. to "waste" film. I started to mention John Hedgecoe as well as Herbert Keppler.
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I'm really inspired by the film stills of Cindy Sherman. The whole film noir style really appeals to my aesthetic.
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I'm inspired by Keitha McCall!


Also, this image linked by Niklas of Notre Dame kills me:


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MC Escher, but he was an artist, not a photographer.
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George Hurrell for his lighting and portraits.
George Hurrell photos and prints

William Wegman for his subjects (dressed up dogs).
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I don't do portraits or dogs, though, and can't draw.
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Staff of national Geographic:

Steve McCurry, June 1985 cover of National Geographic.

I spent twenty minutes on the floor of the local Rotary booksale looking for just that edition. My heart jumped when I found it. Later I got another copy of that issue at the same book sale, as well as the April 2002 edition when NG found the Afghan Girl again.

The truth is, the things that inspire me generally aren't photos. Or pictures. The things are have an ME Super around my neck, my K100D in my hands, or my XA in my pocket. That's all. There are interesting photos everywhere.

And if there are images that inspire, the less I know about them, the better. I just want to see the picture. Anything more is wasteful, superfluous. It almost...taints it.

Pretention, twee, trite, maybe. But true.
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Niklas,
Thanks for the list of photographers that you listed. I am glad that I took photo history class last semester and my teacher mentioned many of the photographers that you pointed out. I understand why they inspired because many of them are ahead of there times.

benjikan,
Now I see where you get your style from.

Thanks everyone for replying. Keep it coming.
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