Which photographer or photography style do you like?

I had to read that a couple times...

cosworth wrote in post #3189690
I had to read that a couple times...

Read what?

shesgotthepic wrote in post #3190083
Read what?

this:

huh?

who's on first?

shesgotthepic wrote in post #3190083
Read what?

My guess is this:

livewire-photography.com wrote in post #3189685
She have they used one of my shots?
i stopped working for them ages ago when they messed me around too much id be interested to know if its mine as they do still sometimes use my images with out say so, but because its only a lil eh hem magazine im not botherd. but i shall try and find one to have a look, cheers.

Kinda difficult to read due to spelling and interpunction (the lack thereof )

Okay, back on topic.
I did a search for 'Music Photographer' and came across some nice websites (and quite a few mediocre ones). Some of the nice ones:
Ami Barwell
Used Film, Stuart Leech (off line, but front page looks promising, and myspace looks okay.)

a little dyslexic, sorry.

I'm old and have been doing photography for a long time. I see things I like and styles I like but tend to remember the thing or style and not the creator ... my bad! I think it both important to have muses and to be constantly evolving. I did some hellacious work back during the Vietnam protest era just after I was honorably discharged from the Air Force. I shot a series of 300 B&W images from a protest march in San Francisco with another guy and we had a showing. [We shot thousands but the show was 300.] I really liked that. The images were powerful and compelling. Almost nothing in Live Entertainment can match it.

So, I still like Ansel Adams. And Mapplethorpe. Beyond that things get lost in the noise just like bands and singer/songwriters for those of us not musically inclined. There are always individual images that catch our imagination, heart or soul ... but they are often more circumstance or opportunity than something that can be 'achieved'.

Well, crap, I'm just rambling again. Who were we talking about? Kalle? James' crappy spelling and unctuation? Eh? [Edit: a 'little dyslexic' is like a little pregnant.]

A, well, if we are expanding to outside the PA Photography:
As I mentioned in This thread, James Nachtwey and Sebastiao Salgado are a amongst my favorite photographers...

DwightMcCann wrote in post #3190315
I'm old and have been doing photography for a long time. I see things I like and styles I like but tend to remember the thing or style and not the creator ... my bad! I think it both important to have muses and to be constantly evolving. I did some hellacious work back during the Vietnam protest era just after I was honorably discharged from the Air Force. I shot a series of 300 B&W images from a protest march in San Francisco with another guy and we had a showing. [We shot thousands but the show was 300.] I really liked that. The images were powerful and compelling. Almost nothing in Live Entertainment can match it.

So, I still like Ansel Adams. And Mapplethorpe. Beyond that things get lost in the noise just like bands and singer/songwriters for those of us not musically inclined. There are always individual images that catch our imagination, heart or soul ... but they are often more circumstance or opportunity than something that can be 'achieved'.

Well, crap, I'm just rambling again. Who were we talking about? Kalle? James' crappy spelling and unctuation? Eh? [Edit: a 'little dyslexic' is like a little pregnant.]

Very interesting post. With music, I am more intested in the artist than the song. I tend to really get into certain artists...and I think about them in terms of albums and careers instead of hit songs. I haven't really thought about whether or not I have a similar mindset with photography.

For music photographers I really like the work of:
Tony Mott (Australian) http://www.tonymott.co​m/
Anton Corbijn http://www.corbijn.co.​uk/
Mick Rock http://www.mickrock.co​m/
Halfin does some very good stuff as well.

I noticed a few hits on my site from this thread and thankfully it's nothing bad!

I am a member of this forum mainly for buying/selling.

My website has been down for ages i'm studying a degree and trying to get a website and a degree done at the same time is hard!

If you want to see my most recent work have a look at my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/stuartleech

Stuart

stuleech wrote in post #3191455
I noticed a few hits on my site from this thread and thankfully it's nothing bad!

I am a member of this forum mainly for buying/selling.

My website has been down for ages i'm studying a degree and trying to get a website and a degree done at the same time is hard!

If you want to see my most recent work have a look at my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/stuartleech

Stuart

Hey, cool that you dropped in. Your stuff is awesome....and you're a last.fm'er too! Nice taste in music.

For reference and guidance, I used to read everything published since 1960... (Had personal resources at a few private family "book stores".) Too many great photographers to mention...

Most recently, was awarded a prize book for some of my pictures:
Jim Marshall "Proof" a VH 1 Classic - "Can You Hear It?"

and I purchased a couple of dozen books on photography including:

"Photo Pass" - The Rock and Roll Photography of Randy Bachman