Author Topic: Great names of the past! (Read 19218 times)

Will · « **Reply #25 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".

Perry · « **Reply #26 on:** November 17, 2010, 15:07 »

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jbarber873 · « **Reply #27 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 the ad is on that page. I'll also put a link to Dave Langley, who did the mule shot http://www.davidlangleyphotographer.com/ the ad is on the home page upper left top row. I hope you like it!

lagereek · « **Reply #28 on:** November 18, 2010, 02:03 »

Quote from: 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 the ad is on that page. I'll also put a link to Dave Langley, who did the mule shot http://www.davidlangleyphotographer.com/ the ad is on the home page upper left top row. I hope you like it!

BRILLANT !!

molka · « **Reply #29 on:** November 19, 2010, 15:30 »

Quote from: 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/

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. : )

jbarber873 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 19, 2010, 20:25 »

Quote from: molka on November 19, 2010, 15:30

Quote from: 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/

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?

molka · « **Reply #31 on:** November 20, 2010, 09:25 »

Quote from: jbarber873 on November 19, 2010, 20:25

Quote from: molka on November 19, 2010, 15:30
Quote from: 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/

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 : )

jbarber873 · « **Reply #32 on:** November 20, 2010, 10:55 »

Quote from: molka on November 20, 2010, 09:25

Quote from: jbarber873 on November 19, 2010, 20:25
Quote from: molka on November 19, 2010, 15:30
Quote from: 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/

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?

molka · « **Reply #33 on:** November 20, 2010, 18:44 »

Quote from: jbarber873 on November 20, 2010, 10:55

Quote from: molka on November 20, 2010, 09:25
Quote from: jbarber873 on November 19, 2010, 20:25
Quote from: molka on November 19, 2010, 15:30
Quote from: 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/

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. : )

FD · « **Reply #34 on:** November 20, 2010, 20:28 »

Quote from: molka on November 20, 2010, 18:44

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.

molka · « **Reply #35 on:** November 21, 2010, 06:24 »

Quote from: FD-regular on November 20, 2010, 20:28

Quote from: molka on November 20, 2010, 18:44
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.

jbarber873 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 21, 2010, 08:48 »

Quote from: molka on November 21, 2010, 06:24

Quote from: FD-regular on November 20, 2010, 20:28
Quote from: molka on November 20, 2010, 18:44
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.

Microstock Posts · « **Reply #37 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.

jbarber873 · « **Reply #38 on:** November 21, 2010, 09:44 »

Quote from: Komar 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.

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.

madelaide · « **Reply #39 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.

molka · « **Reply #40 on:** November 21, 2010, 11:19 »

Quote from: jbarber873 on November 21, 2010, 08:48

Quote from: molka on November 21, 2010, 06:24
Quote from: FD-regular on November 20, 2010, 20:28
Quote from: molka on November 20, 2010, 18:44
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.

lagereek · « **Reply #41 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?

madelaide · « **Reply #42 on:** November 21, 2010, 12:36 »

You may add Anne Geddes and Annie Leibovitz.

lagereek · « **Reply #43 on:** November 21, 2010, 13:13 »

Quote from: madelaide on November 21, 2010, 12:36

You may add Anne Geddes and Annie Leibovitz.

Yep! definetely! forgot them

madelaide · « **Reply #44 on:** November 21, 2010, 13:37 »

Although, on a second thought, they are not "names of the past". Both are still active.

lagereek · « **Reply #45 on:** November 22, 2010, 01:37 »

Quote from: madelaide on November 21, 2010, 13:37

Although, on a second thought, they are not "names of the past". Both are still active.

Especially Leibovitz! but she is mega big.

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