Your Favourite Photographer

Chorcai

DotOrg wrote: »

http://www.tomstoddart.com/iwitness.html

no other photographer i have ever seen has created work that tells a more emotive story than his

I am lost for words, was in bits looking at those pictures.


http://www.edkashi.com/

also http://www.mediastorm.org/0022.htm

Marcus Bleasdale

Eirebear

Up untill recently ive always been more inclined to admire an image (or series of) and not really give a toss who made it.

Recently though ive been making more of a concerted effort to look at other photographers, and their body of work, a little bit more.

At the moment 3 photographers stand out for me, Diane Arbus, William Eggleston and Sebastiao Salgado.

Eggleston


Arbus


Salgado

Corkfeen

Harold Edgerton, more of an inventor than photographer, stopping time still blows me away.

Anouilh

David Farrell's street photography

http://source.ie/blog/?p=685

trishw78

Not sure why I haven't made an input here but

Capa
David Lachapelle
Clarke Little
Amanda De Cadenet

Covey

trishw78 wrote: »

Not sure why I haven't made an input here but

Capa
David Lachapelle
Clarke Little
Amanda De Cadenet

Capa and David La Chapelle ... you must have very eclectic tastes :pac:

sineadw

Covey wrote: »

Capa and David La Chapelle ... you must have very eclectic tastes :pac:

Funny you should say that - I'd say Capa has to be my all time favourite (although there are a few that are joining him these days), and I wouldn't have given you the time of day for him before I saw the La Chapelle exhibition. I *do* like him now though.

I think such disparate styles can work well even in the same brain

Covey

sineadw wrote: »

Funny you should say that - I'd say Capa has to be my all time favourite (although there are a few that are joining him these days), and I wouldn't have given you the time of day for him before I saw the La Chapelle exhibition. I *do* like him now though.

I think such disparate styles can work well even in the same brain

I must admit I didn't go to the La Chapelle exhibition, main reason being I can't stand what he does !!

sineadw

Covey wrote: »

I must admit I didn't go to the La Chapelle exhibition, main reason being I can't stand what he does !!

I had to go - was dragged by the lecturer after the Eoin O Connell talk in Gallery of photography. I still hated some of the stuff (the 'Michael Jackson' one in particular) but i think he's a guy who's work you really need to see to appreciate. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan or anything, but I'd go again.

(oh and just back from IMMA - Go! Now! )

dnme

have to admit, I like Cartier-Bresson's stuff. Saw a documentary about him recently and wached it with absolute concentration....something that's rare for me.

On a lighter note....John Hinde anyone ???

I love the way he depicted Ireland in the 60's as a perpetually sunny place. Each photo/postcard he took here tells so many little stories and then there is his signature of deep saturated blues and reds. I recently found a photo taken by his company of my hometown (Roscrea) probably around 1970. I reviewed it here There was so much to say about it.

I love the local aspect to his pictures also. e.g. I found one a while back of Lough Key Forest Park taken around 1968. In it he depicts boat rental. Last year I rented a boat at the same place and got chatting to the couple that rent the boats. Turns out they have been there for maybe 40 years and so it was them in the photo.

sineadw

Hah! TBH I've always thought of Hinde as useless touristy drivel. I haven't looked at anything of his in donkeys years though. Might be time to revisit?

Covey

sineadw wrote: »

Hah! TBH I've always thought of Hinde as useless touristy drivel. I haven't looked at anything of his in donkeys years though. Might be time to revisit?

Me too. Looked at some of the stuff a while ago and of course Martin Parr talks it all up as well. Still touristy drivel to me though..:D

jjoconnor

pikachucheeks wrote: »

La Chappelle and Lili Forberg.

they're the two photographers i cannot stand more than anyone else!

LOVE cartier bresson - this is a great book http://www.amazon.com/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-Image-World-Retrospective/dp/0500542678

and pennie smith, she's cool.......
she did this years blur tour

jjoconnor

eas wrote: »

Is this because you haven't looked or because you have fickle tastes? I find it hard to imagine not having a list of wedding photographers to look at for inspiration when needed.

for example

http://www.altf.com/

http://kuperbergweddings.com/

http://www.benchrisman.com/

http://www.mikecolon.com/

i quite like this girl - http://karinafinegan.com/ she's Irish or in Ireland and she does great, different wedding photos

Calina

Amazing how different people's choices are. And the one that caught my attention was "Amanda de Cadenet is now a photographer? WTF?" I know her as the 14 year old who ran off with some member of Duran Duran when I was a kid.

Sorry. Head hurts. :-)

For me, it's Philippe Plisson from day one for like years and years. He does shoot with a 5D these days. I feel...good about that.

But also Ansel Adams, Robert Doisneau, Vincent Munier, Peter Lik and Ric J Steiniger. I also have a lot of time for Danny O'Brien and Al Higgins and on the sports front, Bryan Elkus, Roberto Foresti and Erich Baumann.

NORTH1

Humberklog
Thebaz
And more recently Pint.

Edit.....

Damn it I forgot Borderfox

gandalf

On here Valentia, Fajitas! to name specifically two, but an awful lot of you inspire me on occasion.

Brassaï would be the classical photographer that would be one of my favourites.

mehfesto2

For me it's Richard Billingham.

Funny and sad at the same time.

Hugh_C

FX Meister wrote: »

Always been Martin Parr for me.

leaves me colder than a headstone.



For me there is no one even approaching the weirdness/beauty/horror/fantasy of Joel-Peter Witkin's art - I used to work in a hospital in London when I was a kid and in that hospital there was a museum full of abnormal hands, legs, foetuses, heads, freaks of all sorts and I think when I saw the work of JP Witkin, this resonated with my experiences there in some way.

The work is very, very weird [possibly not safe for work] but very beautiful. Not sure you could even classify him as a photographer.

DaireQuinlan

Someone probably namechecked him on this thread already, but if not, gorgeous video from Micheal Kenna ...

http://www.michaelkenna.net/interviews/hokkaido_j.html

Solarina

I like to shmush Arthur Tress & Sam Taylor Wood together a bit

trishw78

Calina wrote: »

Amazing how different people's choices are. And the one that caught my attention was "Amanda de Cadenet is now a photographer? WTF?" I know her as the 14 year old who ran off with some member of Duran Duran when I was a kid.

Yeap... I found out via 'I'm a Celb...' when she said she was now a sucessful photog. I recognised a lot of her shots on her site.

FX Meister

Hugh_C wrote: »

leaves me colder than a headstone.

I trust you mean in a good way.

mehfesto2 wrote: »

For me it's Richard Billingham
Funny and sad at the same time.

Saw an exhibition of his work recently and loved it. Great characters in his family.

Covey wrote: »

I must admit I didn't go to the La Chapelle exhibition, main reason being I can't stand what he does !!

I'd still think it worth checking out even if I wasn't into a photographers style. I'm not into La Chapelle myself but his work looks like it supposed to when you see it in an exhibition like this.

KarmaGarda

Don McCullins stuff is pretty amazing. Here's a sample: http://www.horvatland.com/pages/entrevues/06-mccullin-en_en.htm

WillyWonka

My mate Dave.

And boardies. I love you all equally

Anouilh

WillyWonka wrote: »

My mate Dave.

And boardies. I love you all equally

Group hug...

I've just found another blogger who explains why they dislike Cartier-Bresson.

http://www.leportillon.com/Je-deteste-les-photographies-d

The light, they think, makes the photos look as if they were taken in Winter or in Siberia.

However, his sense of humour is "sans pareil".

http://www.henricartierbresson.org/hcb/HCB_biblio_fr.htm

TelePaul

I like Adams an awful lot. But really only since I've visitied the places he's photographed. I do think his Yosemite stuff is incredible.

Anouilh

http://trespass-trespass.blogspot.com/

Where nature meets the urban environment.

This project went on for some time and has toured to several galleries.

http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/ArtsOffice/TheLAB/Current%20Exhibitions/Pages/Trespass.aspx

I like photographers whose work has an inner narrative.

nilhg

I've never climbed a (big) mountain, never been to a mountain range bigger than the Pyrenees but I love looking at mountaineering photos, my favoutite ATM is aperture first, not that it's just mountaineering shots, anything but, worth a few minutes of your time methinks.

Anouilh

Newcomers to this Forum might find this thread very useful for discovering new favourites:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054969094

I've always liked Alfred Stieglitz and it is possible to view an original print of his photo of the Flatiron Building at Imma at the moment.

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/stieglitz/stieglitz_flatiron_building.html

Admission to the exhibition is free on Fridays:

http://www.onculture.eu/story.aspx?s_id=1122&z_id=13

dakar

I enjoyed the IMMA very much, and it's given me lots of new names (well, new to me anyway) to follow up. I also picked up the catalogue as a Christmas pressie for myself and look forward to browsing through it

Morrisseeee

Not my fav photographer (actually don't really have one!!), but I did stumble accross this guy (Giles Norman) the other day, while in Mahon Point shopping centre, he has a gallery there for the Xmas period. His Ireland portfolio is here, he does all B&W's.

WedPhoto

i like Ansel Adams' work

Crispin

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Not my fav photographer (actually don't really have one!!), but I did stumble accross this guy (Giles Norman) the other day, while in Mahon Point shopping centre, he has a gallery there for the Xmas period. His Ireland portfolio is here, he does all B&W's.

He is great. Based in Kinsale and does some amazing shots with an X-Pan.

Martin Parr I just don't get.

A few more I like:

Dennis Stock is another magnum.

Moose Peterson Does some amazing landscapes.

David Bailey I like too.

Borderfox

Cant say that I know any of the names being bandied around except for Martin Parr, but dont really get his work.

southsiderosie

I love Irving Penn's work. His b&w fashion photography is beautiful, but I really love his portraits - they manage to be both formal and extremely intimate at the same time. Richard Avedon is another favorite for the same reason.

Anouilh

ElenB

http://pix.ie/elenb/photos/goto/1004296

(And I find Martin Parr a bit scary...

http://www.dewilewispublishing.com/PHOTOGRAPHY/Martin_Parr.html)

outspann

Giles Norman??

njburke

I particularly like the work of Leigh Bishop, he's an underwater photographer based in the UK. He takes ambient light shots of underwater wrecks. The wrecks are generally quite deep so I can appreciate the skill needed just to start peering through the viewfinder.

This shot is taken just off Donegal.
Justicia Bow

FX Meister

Crispin wrote: »

He is great. Based in Kinsale and does some amazing shots with an X-Pan.

I find Giles Norman's stuff to be very cliched and just geared towards making money.