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Thanks. I hope this thread evolves !

I always very much liked the work of Ernst Haas. I was interested to see that his archive is now posthumously represented by Getty Images rather than by Magnum Photos.

The Muench brothers are still active ... even adding family members ... and were instrumental (imo) in making Arizona Highways such a popular magazine.  I've always loved that magazine and others that copied it ... and still find Joseph and David Muench photography a great inspiration.

And, who could leave out Ansel Adams.  He inspired me to adapt the Zone System to 35mm/digital.   Dating myself?   

I think I previously posted this link for you in a thread on the iStockphoto forum Lagereek: Sarah Moon's lovely film about Henri Cartier-Bresson - in 4 parts and entitled Point D'Interrogation. Available to buy here as part of a boxed set.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsw2o9DTbhQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsw2o9DTbhQ</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_XzS6U5dQc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_XzS6U5dQc</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YayqR43Ui3I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YayqR43Ui3I</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brIlu2S1NzI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brIlu2S1NzI</a>

Cheers!

I know, fantastic isnt it?  all these names we have mentioned had one thing in common, inventors with panache.

  I'm going to mention some still life photographers you may not know about, but they created the look that is timeless:
Irving Penn, Phil Marco, Henry Sandbank, Hiro, Michael O'Neill.
  And some photographers from what used to be called illustration photography:
Tony Petrucelli, Peter Papadopolous, Anthony Edgeworth, Hal Davis.
These guys were all advertising photographers when everything had to be perfect in the camera- almost no retouching was done if it could be avoided, because retouching involved drawing on the chrome with dyes, or making a dye transfer print to be airbrushed. Some of them went on to direct TV commercials, some just faded away.

I'd also add that they were judged for the quality of the photo content first and foremost, something that's seemingly less important these days.

    The art directors didn't pay for the shoots- the client did. And i think you will find that the average advertising photo budget now is far higher, including the fee, than what these guys charged. Which is one of the reasons stock became so big. Speaking of which, don't forget Jay Maisel, Pete Turner and Larry Freid started the first stock agency that made it respectable to use stock- The Image Bank.

Being from a sports and action background ... I have to mention Walter Iooss, Jr.

Sports Illustrated.

Some of his photos are so famous that we sometimes forget the photographer...

Yousuf Karsh

Have a look:
http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/

Claude

Hi, well being an old member myself of The-Image-Bank, I kind of know this,  thats how I started this thread. Without going into names, back in 91, there were a whole string of Fashion/advertising photographers who worked on dayrates of 30K,  today, there are only two who can comand this price and they are both in Fashion.

The average car/AD  shoot back in the mid-90s  carried a budget of 50K,  today 90% is done is PS.  I myself have got Landrover as a client, we used to travel to the Scotish Highlands, Norway, New-Zealand and with brand new cars.
Today,  they buy an RM  stockshot of the location,  studio shot of the car and then let a designer paste-in the car in the scenery,  Dirt-cheap instead of sending a crew to some exotic location.
The Art-buyer at O&M in London, one of the worlds biggest AD-agencies used to have a budget of well over a 7-figue amount to spend on shots,  today, thats cut in less then half.
No,  todays creative world is but a fraction of yesterdays.

best

Eamonn McCabe

http://www.eamonnmccabe.co.uk/showcase/sport.html