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Title: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 16, 2010, 10:18
Some guys whos talent will forever remain ( and copied) for sure, Ernst Haas, Pete-Turner, Jay-Maisel. Mitchell Funk, Bill Rivelli, John Claridge, these guys were all my raw-models, and inspired me.
Ofcourse then you got the untouchables like: Avedon, Penn, Newton, Bailey and Webber.

how is that?
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: bunhill on November 16, 2010, 11:01
Thanks. I hope this thread evolves !

I always very much liked the work of Ernst Haas (http://www.ernst-haas.com/). I was interested to see that his archive is now posthumously represented by Getty Images rather than by Magnum Photos.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 16, 2010, 12:51
Thanks. I hope this thread evolves !

I always very much liked the work of Ernst Haas ([url]http://www.ernst-haas.com/[/url]). I was interested to see that his archive is now posthumously represented by Getty Images rather than by Magnum Photos.


Yes, Haas is pretty much the grandfather of color photography and the man who set Kodachrome-25  on the map.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: WarrenPrice on November 16, 2010, 13:01
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?   :P 8)
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: heywoody on November 16, 2010, 13:18
How about Hag

http://www.hagsphotography.com/WebImages/index.htm (http://www.hagsphotography.com/WebImages/index.htm)

Folks can do magical stuff with PS but this was all done with enlargers and chemicals...
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: bunhill on November 16, 2010, 13:42
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 (http://www.henricartierbresson.org/hcb/HCB_filmo_en.htm) as part of a boxed set.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsw2o9DTbhQ[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_XzS6U5dQc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YayqR43Ui3I[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brIlu2S1NzI[/youtube]
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: OM on November 16, 2010, 14:13
Horst P Horst


(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3140/dsc4976j2.th.jpg) (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/dsc4976j2.jpg/)
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 16, 2010, 14:36
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 ([url]http://www.henricartierbresson.org/hcb/HCB_filmo_en.htm[/url]) as part of a boxed set.

[youtube][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsw2o9DTbhQ[/url][/youtube]

[youtube][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_XzS6U5dQc[/url][/youtube]

[youtube][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YayqR43Ui3I[/url][/youtube]

[youtube][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brIlu2S1NzI[/url][/youtube]



Cheers!

I know, fantastic isnt it?  all these names we have mentioned had one thing in common, inventors with panache.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: madelaide on November 16, 2010, 15:22
Robert Capa.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 16, 2010, 16:31
  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.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 16, 2010, 16:51
  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.

Penn, Hiro and Edgeworth!!  talk about perfection. These guys shoots were so incredibly expensive the Art-Directors had to mortgage their houses.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: RT on November 16, 2010, 17:10
all these names we have mentioned had one thing in common, inventors with panache.

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.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: cathyslife on November 16, 2010, 17:31
I just handed in my photographer's report for class on Henri Cartier-Bresson. I really enjoyed doing the research, seeing his photos and learning about his life. One of the founding members of Magnum Photos. Every time I look at one of his photos I find something new that I hadn't noticed before.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 16, 2010, 17:41
  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.

Penn, Hiro and Edgeworth!!  talk about perfection. These guys shoots were so incredibly expensive the Art-Directors had to mortgage their houses.

    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.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: sharpshot on November 16, 2010, 17:42
A few more that I like, Bill Brandt, Man Ray, Terence Donovan and another Magnum photographer that's still going, Martin Parr.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: WarrenPrice on November 16, 2010, 18:08
Being from a sports and action background ... I have to mention Walter Iooss, Jr.

Sports Illustrated.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 16, 2010, 18:53
Being from a sports and action background ... I have to mention Walter Iooss, Jr.

Sports Illustrated.

  Don't forget Neil Leifer and John Zimmerman, both from SI. And the king of boxing photographers- Herb Scharfman.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: le_cyclope on November 16, 2010, 19:10
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/ (http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/)

Claude
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: bunhill on November 16, 2010, 19:39
and another Magnum photographer that's still going, Martin Parr.


Martin Parr is also a great champion of photography. For example I saw him deliver a very interesting FNAC lecture about Tony Ray Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ray-Jones)

Tony Ray Jones photos at BBC website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/04/in_pictures_the_english_by_tony_ray_jones_/html/1.stm)
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 17, 2010, 01:51
 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.

Penn, Hiro and Edgeworth!!  talk about perfection. These guys shoots were so incredibly expensive the Art-Directors had to mortgage their houses.

    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.

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
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: Eyedesign on November 17, 2010, 02:56
Two masters of lighting George Hurrell and Francesco Scavullo.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: sharpshot on November 17, 2010, 05:09
Being from a sports and action background ... I have to mention Walter Iooss, Jr.

Sports Illustrated.


  Don't forget Neil Leifer and John Zimmerman, both from SI. And the king of boxing photographers- Herb Scharfman.

Eamonn McCabe

http://www.eamonnmccabe.co.uk/showcase/sport.html (http://www.eamonnmccabe.co.uk/showcase/sport.html)
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 17, 2010, 09:07
 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.

Penn, Hiro and Edgeworth!!  talk about perfection. These guys shoots were so incredibly expensive the Art-Directors had to mortgage their houses.

    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.

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

    I could give examples in the other direction, and I think car shoots say more about the car industry than anything else. Given that this is about great shooters of the past, a car guy that comes to mind is Dave Langley, who shot a lot of the great Volkswagen ads for the beetle. My favorite was a shot of an old couple standing in front of a backwoods shack with a volkswagen beetle sitting in front of the shack, and the headline" It was the only thing to do after the mule died" . Another VW ad (not sure if Dave did it)  was a shot of a snow filled scene with two tire tracks leading to a large shed, with a VW parked at the end of the tracks. The headline was " How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to the snowplow?" Great ads don't need exotic locations, just a good idea, which is the real problem with todays advertising.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: bunhill on November 17, 2010, 10:20
The headline was " How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to the snowplow?"


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcckOTVqao[/youtube]
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: vonkara on November 17, 2010, 13:56
Louis Daguerre,

First known photo of a human. Boulevard du Temple in Paris 1838. It was obviously a long exposure. Only 1 person ("ghost") from the past showed up...
(http://acidcow.com/pics/20101101/photo_of_a_human_01.jpg)
(http://acidcow.com/pics/20101101/photo_of_a_human_02.jpg)
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: Will on November 17, 2010, 14:18
Interesting that it's always described as the first "person" to be photographed. Don't people see the second "person". I think the little shoeshine boy makes it "people".
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: Perry on November 17, 2010, 15:07
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Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 17, 2010, 19:06
@ Bunhill. That's a great commercial, although it's not the photographer i was referring to. The reason that shot came to mind was that i was using a modelmaker named Joe Randle who made the set for the still shot and he was telling me that he used talcum powder for snow. In thinking about it, the photographer was Henry Sandbank. VW did a great series of ads back then, arguably one of the best campaigns of the 20th century. The agency was Doyle Dane Bernbach. Here's a link to Henry Sandbank  http://henrysandbank.com/aded/aded.html (http://henrysandbank.com/aded/aded.html)  the ad is on that page. I'll also put a link to Dave Langley, who did the mule shot   http://www.davidlangleyphotographer.com/ (http://www.davidlangleyphotographer.com/)  the ad is on the home page upper left top row. I hope you like it!
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 18, 2010, 02:03
@ Bunhill. That's a great commercial, although it's not the photographer i was referring to. The reason that shot came to mind was that i was using a modelmaker named Joe Randle who made the set for the still shot and he was telling me that he used talcum powder for snow. In thinking about it, the photographer was Henry Sandbank. VW did a great series of ads back then, arguably one of the best campaigns of the 20th century. The agency was Doyle Dane Bernbach. Here's a link to Henry Sandbank  [url]http://henrysandbank.com/aded/aded.html[/url] ([url]http://henrysandbank.com/aded/aded.html[/url])  the ad is on that page. I'll also put a link to Dave Langley, who did the mule shot   [url]http://www.davidlangleyphotographer.com/[/url] ([url]http://www.davidlangleyphotographer.com/[/url])  the ad is on the home page upper left top row. I hope you like it!



BRILLANT !!
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: molka on November 19, 2010, 15:30
Some of his photos are so famous that we sometimes forget the photographer...

Yousuf Karsh

Have a look:
[url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url] ([url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url])

Claude


Poor Lighting -- Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. Focus -- Your image is not in focus or focus is not located where someone raised in barn feels it works best. Please visit the dummies for photoshop page. : )
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 19, 2010, 20:25
Some of his photos are so famous that we sometimes forget the photographer...

Yousuf Karsh

Have a look:
[url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url] ([url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url])

Claude


Poor Lighting -- Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. Focus -- Your image is not in focus or focus is not located where someone raised in barn feels it works best. Please visit the dummies for photoshop page. : )


  Don't you ever have anything intelligent to say?
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: molka on November 20, 2010, 09:25
Some of his photos are so famous that we sometimes forget the photographer...

Yousuf Karsh

Have a look:
[url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url] ([url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url])

Claude


Poor Lighting -- Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. Focus -- Your image is not in focus or focus is not located where someone raised in barn feels it works best. Please visit the dummies for photoshop page. : )


  Don't you ever have anything intelligent to say?


I'm truly sorry that I'm not at your level of intelligence, so we can' really communicate. I can see that it would take a huge effort from me : )
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 20, 2010, 10:55
Some of his photos are so famous that we sometimes forget the photographer...

Yousuf Karsh

Have a look:
[url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url] ([url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url])

Claude


Poor Lighting -- Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. Focus -- Your image is not in focus or focus is not located where someone raised in barn feels it works best. Please visit the dummies for photoshop page. : )


  Don't you ever have anything intelligent to say?


I'm truly sorry that I'm not at your level of intelligence, so we can' really communicate. I can see that it would take a huge effort from me : )


  This thread is about celebrating the great photographers who created the look of photography today. It's about ideas and execution of those ideas to communicate a vision. You seem to be obsessed with the negative aspects of microstock to the point where you can't see anything else. I think it's sad to see such a negative person. If you are so deeply unhappy with everything that has to do with microstock, why are you here? And what has that got to do with this thread, which is about people who are about as opposite from you as a person can get?
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: molka on November 20, 2010, 18:44
Some of his photos are so famous that we sometimes forget the photographer...

Yousuf Karsh

Have a look:
[url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url] ([url]http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/[/url])

Claude


Poor Lighting -- Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. Focus -- Your image is not in focus or focus is not located where someone raised in barn feels it works best. Please visit the dummies for photoshop page. : )


  Don't you ever have anything intelligent to say?


I'm truly sorry that I'm not at your level of intelligence, so we can' really communicate. I can see that it would take a huge effort from me : )


  This thread is about celebrating the great photographers who created the look of photography today. It's about ideas and execution of those ideas to communicate a vision. You seem to be obsessed with the negative aspects of microstock to the point where you can't see anything else. I think it's sad to see such a negative person. If you are so deeply unhappy with everything that has to do with microstock, why are you here? And what has that got to do with this thread, which is about people who are about as opposite from you as a person can get?


So apparently I shouldn't be talking about microstock on a dedicated microstock forum. Genius. : )
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: FD on November 20, 2010, 20:28
So apparently I shouldn't be talking about microstock on a dedicated microstock forum. Genius. : )
Where did you talk about microstock? As far as I can read here you are handing out intelligence ratings.  ;)
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: molka on November 21, 2010, 06:24
So apparently I shouldn't be talking about microstock on a dedicated microstock forum. Genius. : )
Where did you talk about microstock? As far as I can read here you are handing out intelligence ratings.  ;)

that wasn't me, look above. I just see a bunch of sour ppl who can't take a joke, a hint, anything.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 21, 2010, 08:48
So apparently I shouldn't be talking about microstock on a dedicated microstock forum. Genius. : )
Where did you talk about microstock? As far as I can read here you are handing out intelligence ratings.  ;)

that wasn't me, look above. I just see a bunch of sour ppl who can't take a joke, a hint, anything.

I'll say it again. This is a thread about great photographers of the past. Can you contribute something positive to the conversation? Karsh was not shooting for microstock- he was shooting for high end fashion. Perhaps all of these photographers would have gotten the same rejections you seem so familiar with, but that is not what this thread is about. It is about inspiration. If no one has inspired you, you don't have to post.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: Microstock Posts on November 21, 2010, 08:51
Blimey, another pistols at dawn thread. Anyway back to the OP. I know he's been mentioned a couple of times already in this thread, but he's worth mentioning again. When I was at Uni. many moons ago, we had a pretty good library, with heaps of books on photographers. I would love sitting in the library going through those books. Undoubtedly, I would look at books on Henri Cartier-Bresson though. He definitely influenced the way I photographed at the time. I keep meaning to scan those photos and put them online (although I don't know where), or even print them, however a lot of the negs aren't in good condition now.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: jbarber873 on November 21, 2010, 09:44
Blimey, another pistols at dawn thread. Anyway back to the OP. I know he's been mentioned a couple of times already in this thread, but he's worth mentioning again. When I was at Uni. many moons ago, we had a pretty good library, with heaps of books on photographers. I would love sitting in the library going through those books. Undoubtedly, I would look at books on Henri Cartier-Bresson though. He definitely influenced the way I photographed at the time. I keep meaning to scan those photos and put them online (although I don't know where), or even print them, however a lot of the negs aren't in good condition now.

  Joel Meyerowitz - another great name- in his book "Cape Light" talks about being a young street photographer and seeing Cartier-Bresson shooting a parade in NY. A drunk came up to Cartier-Bresson , and he threw his camera at the drunk, who reeled back without being hit. It turns out that Cartier-Bresson had his camera tied to his wrist, and pulled it back at the last second like a yo-yo! After that, Meyerowitz and his friends, among them Gary Winogrand- another great name- all went around practicing that move, in the hopes of being more like the great man. Meyerowitz also mentions Robert Frank as a great influence, but in the conversation, as you said, he always come back to Cartier-Bresson.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: madelaide on November 21, 2010, 11:17
The fact that many great photos would have been rejected at micros just proves the point that micros are too obsessed by technical perfection. Of course this is also due to the fact they're dealing with another public.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: molka on November 21, 2010, 11:19
So apparently I shouldn't be talking about microstock on a dedicated microstock forum. Genius. : )
Where did you talk about microstock? As far as I can read here you are handing out intelligence ratings.  ;)

that wasn't me, look above. I just see a bunch of sour ppl who can't take a joke, a hint, anything.

I'll say it again. This is a thread about great photographers of the past. Can you contribute something positive to the conversation? Karsh was not shooting for microstock- he was shooting for high end fashion. Perhaps all of these photographers would have gotten the same rejections you seem so familiar with, but that is not what this thread is about. It is about inspiration. If no one has inspired you, you don't have to post.

The answer to that is above your comment, you get pissed at that little joke as if you were microstock site owner. Why? Why you seem to side the ones ripping you off, I don't get it. As for inspiration, I love Karsh's portraits, and not just because of the iconic figures. I also have that commonplace admiration for Ansel Adams, but that really came when saw his work on real prints in person at getty, because only there I realized how much it reminds me of my real inspiration, classical engravings (and paintings) Dührer, Rembrandt. Since my father is a painter, and I grew up among artits, my true inspiration is classical paintings, Tiziano, Rembrandt.... Frans Hals might be someone who stockers can have a distant association with : )
There are quite a few photographers that I like, but only Adams stands out that I ave. F.e. anything I ever saw from Henri Cartier-resson left me totally unintrested.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 21, 2010, 12:16
Maybe I started this thread a bit wrong, maybe we should separate "inventor-type" of photographers and somewhat commercial photographers. Cartier Bresson, although greatest in his field " decisive moment " etc, I dont think he would have got a tenth of recognition if he started off today. So I think we have to separate photojournalistic craft with commercial craft.
The very few photographers who have managed to combine art with commercialism, i.e. getting hired for massive campaigns because of  their specific artistic style are also the richest ones ( dead or alive) and then we are down to names like, Newton, Webber, Avedon, Penn, Bailey, Turner, Haas, etc, etc, but even names like Art-Wolf, Frans Lanting, wildlife shooters who are almost institutions, working with own crew of 15 people. There are many categories, I dont think we have to go back so far in time to find great photographers as were more inventors.

Hows that?
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: madelaide on November 21, 2010, 12:36
You may add Anne Geddes and Annie Leibovitz.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 21, 2010, 13:13
You may add Anne Geddes and Annie Leibovitz.

Yep! definetely! forgot them
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: madelaide on November 21, 2010, 13:37
Although, on a second thought, they are not "names of the past". Both are still active.
Title: Re: Great names of the past!
Post by: lagereek on November 22, 2010, 01:37
Although, on a second thought, they are not "names of the past". Both are still active.

Especially Leibovitz!  but she is mega big.