Your Favorite Photographer - Past or Present
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pioneervato
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Also add Dick Arentz (platinum-palladium),
Eugene Smith (great story teller),
Weegee, (photojournalist)
Michael Kenna (beautiful existing light b-w photographer)
and John Sexton (an assistant to Ansel Adams in the '70s)
Eugene Smith (great story teller),
Weegee, (photojournalist)
Michael Kenna (beautiful existing light b-w photographer)
and John Sexton (an assistant to Ansel Adams in the '70s)
tentoze
Twangophile
Walker Evans, certainly.
Jerry Uelsmann is another long time favorite (and a nice guy). http://www.uelsmann.net/
Jerry Uelsmann is another long time favorite (and a nice guy). http://www.uelsmann.net/
pioneervato
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The man whose work convinced Ansel Adams to focus his time and energy to photography instead of becoming a concert pianist.
pioneervato
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I have an original Ted Orland photograph of Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham christening Jerry Uelsmann at Weston Beach. Click on the link to see the photograph I am referring to.
http://www.tedorland.com/classic/aa_ic_ju.html
Toze, Uelsmann is the man and master at combination printing. Simply the best IMO.
He da MAN!
Brings history into a close, personal moment with his celebrities B&W shots.
That "reach out and touch it'' feel. Luxurious Depth Galore.
Not developed at WallyMart, either.
tentoze
Twangophile
Thanks for that link. Jerry is quite the talent.
Njord Noatun
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Storm Thorgerson, creator of many Pink Floyd (and others) album covers.
pioneervato
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Most certainly!
dr*audio
Fish fingers and custard!
Edward Weston, first. I especially like the portraits he made of his girlfriend. I love the way he new how to use light on the subject. I try to do the same things with my portraits, sometimes I get it.
Ansel Adams, second. I just saw a large exhibit of his works at the Cleveland Museum Of Art. I believe they were from a private collection, and there were many prints I had never seen before.
Ansel Adams, second. I just saw a large exhibit of his works at the Cleveland Museum Of Art. I believe they were from a private collection, and there were many prints I had never seen before.
pioneervato
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Which girlfriend? He had several as he (and his son Brett) were quite the womanizers even though he was married.
dr*audio
Fish fingers and custard!
I've only seen photos of this one, she was his second wife I think:Which girlfriend? He had several as he (and his son Brett) were quite the womanizers even though he was married.
pioneervato
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I agree. Beautiful work.
ozmoid
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I missed your post the first time around, Eric. Also one of my favorites, and I had the privilege of seeing an exhibit of his work in 1992. Print reproductions of his work are no comparison to his original prints.
Another great, also known as the "Poet of Prague". Sudek lost his right arm in WWI, but still hiked all over the Russian countryside with a view camera, tripod, and bag of plate holders. An amazing individual. Even thought he is better known for his landscape (and cityscape) work, some of my favorite pieces of his are the smaller interior studies of his desk and studio.
MichaelJ
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There are quite a few. Man Ray, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Cartier-Bresson. Many more depending on my mood. Tentoze mentioned Jerry Ulesmann. He isn't really a favorite of mine but he is a very nice man. He was a guest artist at my college back in the early 70's. The things he could do in the darkroom frightened me! He was very kind to all the star struck photography students like me.
