What do you like about their work?
2006-06-14 04:33:39 · 15 answers · asked by Jack Nicholson 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Francesca Woodman. She committed suicide at the age of 18 after leaving RISDY and moving to NYC. She was so amazing. her concepts and her style have been inspirational to me as an artist/photographer. Before I knew who she was, I had been doing similar stuff in style and concept and then I stumbled across her one day and I couldn't believe it! She was a brilliant girl with so much talent-that is evident in the fact that she became well known so early on- it's a shame she wasn't around longer to do more. Some others I admire much are Diane Arbus, Cindy Sherman, Sylvia Plachy and Sally Mann.
2006-06-14 05:17:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think Cartier-Bresson is a good choice. He has a natural sense of composition. He never seems to force a situation; his candids nonetheless have great formal appeal, as though he perceives life in terms of framing and order, like a painter. He's not shrill or weird--doesn't depend upon the bizarre or absurd but remains supremely human. Beside him Diane Arbus seems a trickster, Lisette Model or Brassai perverse. I also think Irving Penn, in a different way--a studio way--is superb. Steichen over his long career took many memorable pictures.
2016-03-27 03:40:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yousuf Karsh.
He didn't need fancy gizmo's to do his thing. All he needed was a simple 4X5 camera and chemicals to develop the negatives plus a darkroom no better than what a high school had available at that time.
With all this simple equipment he was able to take portraits that told huge stories about the people.
He taught me that it was not the camera that made the photo but the artist behind it.
2006-06-14 04:53:09 · answer #3 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the moment, a woman named Tara Darling, and the thing I like about her work is that she exclusively photographs DACHSHUNDS!!!! My favorite dog! So cute.
Understand==> not talking about great art, here. This I know. For that I would have to travel back in time to Ansel Adams. But for sheer pick-me-up and make me smile, Tara and her darlings do it for me every day.
2006-06-14 04:36:49 · answer #4 · answered by desperatehw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are three photographers that I truly admirer (and have had the oppertunity to work with)
Don Blair (God rest his soul)
- A true master of lighting. He could do things with light that most photographers couldn't even dream of. He taught me so much. I just wich I had more time to spend with him.
Mark Weeter (www.weeter.com)
- My apprenticeship. A great photographer. Worked with the biggetst names in the industry. He had a truly unique way of looking at people to create the most flattering photo for them. He was Don's best student so Mark's lighting was way above the ordinary
Bambi Cantrell (www.cantrellportrait.com)
- One of the best wedding photojournalists out there. I love her style and try to duplicate at least one of her shots at every wedding I'm at. My biggest compliment would be to have someone look at one of my wedding photos and think it was one of hers.
2006-06-14 04:58:19 · answer #5 · answered by Ipshwitz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ansel Adams
2006-06-14 04:36:10 · answer #6 · answered by stevie s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rollingstone photographer, Marc Siegel. His ability to take very interesting photos of famous people being human...
2006-06-14 04:37:20 · answer #7 · answered by BlondeBooBoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne Geddes
2006-06-14 04:35:54 · answer #8 · answered by mikeranjero 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alfred Steiglitz and Ansel Adams come to mind.
2006-06-14 06:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by crosshatcher12 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ansel Adams. What he did in the darkroom developing photos was truly art.
2006-06-14 04:37:13 · answer #10 · answered by mweller1956 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋