The good photographer thread...

[single]

Had an idea for a thread.

Post up a photographer whos work you like along with a link to their site/work.



RULES

-Keep it limited to one photographer per post, make this refined, not just a dumping ground.
-No links to photography groups if you can help it. Try to keep it limited to just the one photographer, not just a link to like magnum or something.
-Give a little info about them, what you like, how you found them, or something.

[single]

So I will put one down.

Photog- Benoit Paille

Found thru- Flickr

Genre- Stranger photographer

Link- http://www.flickr.com/photos/benoitpaille/

[gholman12]

Are you kidding me? This ^^^ guy is badass!!! Great idea for a thread. Here's another of his that I loved.

[Dromond]

Thanks for the link. That guy's stuff is amazing!!! I'll have to dig something up myself.

[Tippster]

Carlos Barria - Reuters Staff Photog.

[single]

FKNA tip, that first photo is awesome.

[supermodel159]

Photog- Morgan Maassen

Found thru- I purchased one of his Holgas from Craigs List

Genre- Surf, Travel, Lifestyle

Link-

Website: http://www.morganmaassen.com/

Blog: http://bogustard.blogspot.com/

[Tippster]

It got him Reuters' Picture of the Year for 2009.

[Yeti]

Some amazing pictures in here.

I just came across the work of Walters Schels and Beata Lakotta, including these photos of hospice patients before and after death. I'm not into the whole "Faces of Death" thing, but these photographs are provocative.

http://www.lensculture.com/schels.html

[Aenigma]

Photog- Ben Ali Ong

Found thru- Good question...I find weird things.

Genre- Experimental/B&W

His work is definitely more on the conceptual side, with a lot of unorthodox techniques like using multiple negatives, fogging the scanner, scratching, etc. I can definitely see my work pushing more in this direction.

[Meathelmet]

Few of my few inspirers:



Sebastiao Salgado :






James Nachtwey
















Joel Peter Witkin









Anton Corbijn












Matt Mahurin







Floria Sigismondi













Pierre & Gilles

















Oh man...there is so many insipiring photographers out there...

[mavrick]

Photog: Jimmy Chin

Adventure/Climbing photographer
Sponsored TNF athlete turned photographer


www.jimmychin.com


A Nat Geo article about how he found photography

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...jimmychin.html

[single]

Photog- Jim Herrington

Found thru- Flickr

Genre- Music photographer, portraits and whatnot.

Link- http://www.jimherrington.com




This guy is way too cool. Big names, epic shots.

[Aenigma]

Photog- Chris Anthony

Found thru- Juxtapoz

Genre- Conceptual/experimental

Website- http://chrisanthony.viewbook.com/

Chris Anthony works with 5x7 and 8x10 cameras with lenses from the beginning of the century (you know, the 20th). Most of his projects have a really interesting story line to them, sometimes taking place in the present, sometimes in the past and future. Most of his images have kind of a dreamy feel to them, and he uses tilt/shift movements a lot--real ones, not the shitty PS simulations. Anyways..







He makes me almost like photography as much as painting.

[jm2e]

RULES
-Keep it limited to one photographer per post, make this refined, not just a dumping ground.

Come on Lads. It's not as if the rules are buried amongst a mountain of drivel. Try a link and maybe just one pic that gets us interested?

[smmokan]

Photog- Jim Herrington

Found thru- Flickr

Genre- Music photographer, portraits and whatnot.

Link- http://www.jimherrington.com




This guy is way too cool. Big names, epic shots.

He's got some great shots (certainly not his "PLACES" gallery though), but man his website sucks.

[time2clmb]

Can't post a pic right now but check this guys photo's out. Fucking sweet.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...climbing.shtml

[Crystal_Mt_Dreamin]

Photog- merkley

Found thru- Flickr

Genre- Umm...people shots?

Link- http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkley and http://threequestionmarks.com/

This guy's stuff trips me out because I can't in a million years ever imagine coming up with some of the ideas/titles he comes up with for his shoots. Some of it is going to be NSFW for a lot of you.

[dipstik]

Alex Webb has been a favorite photographer of mine for awhile now. He is a classic street photographer, but his images stand apart because of their layers and complexity.

I like his work because it contains no mistakes. He is in complete control of his camera - every element in the frame has a purpose, there are no accidents or coincidences in his images.

http://www.webbnorriswebb.com/#mi=2&...0&p=1&a=1&at=0

[blackhand]

there are no accidents or coincidences in his images.

Damn, I have to agree. At first this looks so conventional, and then everyone in the picture develops a narrative, they all look so purposeful; the guy about to walk behind the building is a perfect example. Great stuff, thanks.

[single]

Photog- 歌無岸

Found thru- flickr

Genre- Unreal portraiture and environments. Effortlessly breathtaking.

Link- http://www.flickr.com/photos/gzi24/

[Fuzz]

Awesome idea.

I'm not into wedding photography, but this guy actually makes me want to try it.

Photog: Jeff Ascough
Found thru: POTN
Genre: Wedding
Link: http://jeffascough.com/

[Tuckerman]

I guess its more art
Irma Haselberger
https://plus.google.com/102614906391743672807/posts
http://www.irma-haselberger.net

[Dromond]

Photog - Cody Cobb

Found thru- flickr

Genre- Subtle, almost snapshot-like landscapes and architecture with eerie light and mysterious qualities.

Link- http://www.flickr.com/photos/vectorsnob/

[ex-powderbroker]

How about a late night dude:

Photog: Kohei Yoshiyuki
Found it at Yossi Milo Gallery a few years ago. cool show.
Shtick: infrared night shots lit via infrared flash capturing the horny youth, the perverts, and the exhibitionists in 1970's Tokyo parks.
more from the gallery: http://www.yossimilo.com/artists/kohe_yosh/