Who are your favorite Masters of Photography?

[lordjim]

Not sure whether this has been asked before on this forum but who are your favorite photographers? I mean your favorite Masters of Photography.

It would be great if you could also attach a link to a web gallery showing his or her work so that we can all have a chance to maybe discover a new Master.

My favorites are:

Eugene Atget (1856-1927) the work from whom really got me interested in B&W photography when I was a teenager as his work seemed easy to understand and to reproduce.

You can see a sample of his work at: http://www.geh.org/fm/atget/htmlsrc/

Sebastiao Salgado (1944-) the work from whom has the ability to move me a lot. The first exhibition I saw from his work was in La Cinematheque in Paris and his pictures were so beautiful and moving that he really got me interested in international development. I also stopped photography for a few years after having seen this exhibition as I realized that I could never reach that level. :o I restarted (not in B&W though) recently with a lot more modest ambition, i.e., having fun.

You can see his work in several places on the web including:

http://www.terra.com.br/sebastiaosalgado/
http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/legends10/

Last but not least, the one that many consider as being the Robert Capa of our times, James Nachtwey. I discovered his work recently with the documentary from Christian Frei called "War Photographer" (great documentary by the way).

You can see some of his work at:

http://www.jamesnachtwey.com (http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/)

So who are yours?

PS: I promise that the firsts to answer either Ansel Adams or Arthus Bertrand won't loose cookie points. :D

[UncleDoug]

Galen Rowell.

[robertwgross]

ditto

Galen Rowell.

---Bob Gross---

[rent]

henri cartier-bresson.

-alex

[lordjim]

I did not know Galen Rowell. :o Impressive photos indeed! some of them can be seen at:

http://www.mountainlight.com/

Remember the proposed rule is to also provide a web link so that we can have an idea of the work in question.

Thank you for sharing.

[UncleDoug]

Remember the proposed rule is to also provide a web link so that we can have an idea of the work in question.


Sorry about that.

If you are traveling allong California's 395 any where near Bishop, YOU MUST STOP IN THE MOUNTAIN LIGHT GALLERY.

I visited the gallery for the first time right after Galen passed away.

Could not keep a dry eye the whole time I was there.

Awesome photography.

[robertwgross]

I visited the gallery for the first time right after Galen passed away.


I met Galen back in 1978, when he was just beginning to become well-known as a mountain photographer.

---Bob Gross---

[PicOlio]

I'm impressed with a lot of what Takashi Amano does. It's difficult to get decent photos of aquarium scapes but he does a superb job! Besides, his books look great sitting on the tanks themselves :P

[UncleDoug]

I met Galen back in 1978, when he was just beginning to become well-known as a mountain photographer.

---Bob Gross---

I envy you!

[Al Nakib]

My favorite by far is Ami Vitale (http://www.amivitale.com/).

Another notable photographer is Vincent Laforet (http://www.vincentlaforet.com/exhibit/index.htm) (check out his aerial shots).

Andy Rouse (http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/) is also worth a mention.

[JaertX]

Keith Carter is a personal favorite. Maybe he wouldn't be considered a master yet? But I am very much inspired by his work. He does quite a bit with selective focus. I dig it.

http://www.keithcarterphotographs.com/home.html

[OdiN1701]

Ansel Adams....mainly because I love doing landscapes and I also love black and white photography. Galen Rowell also is a favorite.

[cjm]

Not a master, but I would say my dad.
A master might be my friend who was a teacher at NAIT in photography for many years. She knows so much that she could confuse me for a week by saying 5 sentances.

If a famous photographer then I would say, I have no clue as I don't care if the photographer is famous or a celeberty, all I care about is if the image is pleasing to the eye.

[lordjim]

Interesting the work from Keith Carter. He seems to like to break the rules and there is a lot of humor in his shots.

Interesting to see that Cartier-Bresson was cited twice already whereas Doisneau was not cited yet.

Thank you for sharing.

[Sean-Mcr]

Breeson for me to, a real hero of mine. Also a big fan of Doisneau. The kiss was sold not long ago by the girl in the photo. That famous shot (which was actually staged) sold for £105,000 in april. Mrs Bornet ended up with the original print which banked her a 100k

My homage to to that photo (not staged lol)

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74239

[Bosscat]

One word says it all for me:

Karsh

His work is what inspired me as a child to play with dads camera.

[Bob_A]

Agree completely ... Josuf Karsh for me also.

[ryno4youth]

Jay Maisel. He is a realist all the way.

[Merle]

Charles Lewis

Monte Zuker

Dean Collins
;) :) :D

Good shooting to ya !!
Merle

[Sekabin]

It's obvious (my only technical post referred to him) but...

Daido Moriyama (http://www.moriyamadaido.com/) is totally inspiring me at the moment.

[Spearin]

Robert Capa.

[Streetshooter]

Too many to name, as time passes and when I get lost in my own work, for sanity and direction it has always been Gary Winogrand that has shown me the light and the way to find myself, again. For the pure joy of image making and printing, George Krause by far leads the way,one of the best printers ever.

[Ben]

Andreas Gursky for me:

http://www.artnet.com/ag/FineArtThumbnails.asp?G=0&aid=7580&which=&currpage=1&ViewSize=large

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

David Lachapelle.

[thomascanty]

I guess my favorite three would be Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Matthew Brady. A couple years ago the Getty had an exhibit of a 100-year-old Mexican photographer whose name I can't remember. He was very good, too.

[cyclone]

Let me add William Neill.

[etaf]

Robert Mapplethorpe
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/M/mapplethorpe/mapplethorpe.html
http://www.mapplethorpe.org/

[NGrinerPhoto]

mark seliger

[robertwgross]

Howard Weamer.

(probably only known to Yosemite fans)

---Bob Gross---

[PhotographyNewb]

Although he's not considered a "master," I have a very strong fondness for Mark Esbaugh's photography.

Mark, I'm sure, is unknown by most of you -- if not all of you and his work is "different" and very unique.

Basically, Mark snaps multiple shots simultaneously on film. Some of his photos are lens-based and others, pinhole images. He then makes gelatin prints straight from the camera exposure. Any coloration in his photos are made with toners that create a chemical reaction in the paper.




http://www.markeshbaugh.com/mainportfolio.htm


http://www.markeshbaugh.com/artwork/untitled223.jpg

http://www.markeshbaugh.com/artwork/untitled169.jpg

http://www.markeshbaugh.com/artwork/untitled264.jpg
http://www.markeshbaugh.com/artwork/untitled162.jpg

[cmM]

our masters are the ones whose steps we try to follow. Even though there are countless photographers with mindblowing talent there are only very few who we want to become. For me, I like Joe Buissink's style, Yervant, David Beckstead, and a few more.

[sdommin]

For me, the only true "Master" is Ansel Adams. I also like Walker Evans and Eliot Porter.

[chtgrubbs]

David Plowden, Clarence John Laughlin, Paul Strand, George Tice, Paul Caponigro, the Evans ( Fredrick and Walker)

[Mr. Clean]

There are so many! Since I tend to enjoy nature photography more I may be a bit biased...
I love John Shaw's work, both his books and his photos! And of course Ansel Adams!