Besides those already mentioned (Adams, Ed & Brett Weston, Evans, Sexton, Michael Kenna, Barry Thornton) I'd include:
Dorothy Lange, Gordon Parks & especially Clyde Butcher who enabled me to realize that there's more to Florida than flowers & pretty sunsets.
a couple significantly inspirational for my own photography, for their outstanding design abilities....
Bruce Barnbaum http://www.barnbaum.com/
Eddie Soloway http://www.eddiesoloway.com/ (currently working on getting out to New Zealand for some workshops).
Eddie Soloway http://www.eddiesoloway.com/ who I am currently working on getting out to New Zealand for some workshops.
I'm not sure if you are familiar with John Fielder. http://www.johnfielder.com/ He is a LF landscape photographer from Colorado. I know he has been doing workshops on the South Island; he did one this past March in fact. You might contact him if you are interested.
"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist" -- Louis Nizer
Almost anyone who has picked up a camera and shared their world with the rest of us.
Many of the lesser knowns, like Minor White, Nell Dorr, Dorthea Lange, Ms. Imogene Cunnigham, Lara Gilpin, the Westons, Paul Strand, Gene Smith (W.E.), Capa, Walker Evans.
Contemporary - Don Kirby, John Sexton, Michael Kenna, Keith Carter, Kerik Kouklis, Rolfe Horn, Bill Schwab just to name a few...so many others that would be on the list if I had time..
Favorite Place, the Amon Carter Photography Collection, more varied than the list above and always adding new work...how lucky to live near by.
I have to say, I'm so flattered to have been mentioned in this thread. Wow -- amazing compliment. Thanks.
There are so many for me, and quite varied. Erwitt and Kertesz (whose works are amazing and whose names I never manage to spell correctly.) Joseph Sudek, for his ability to find incredible beauty in everyday life. Eugene Smith, for too many reasons to count. Wynn Bullock. Mary Ellen Mark.
Also, some new faces that aren't nearly so well-known, but are equally amazing in their own ways. Dima Zverev. Zosia Zija (www.zija.net). So many more than I can mention.
I have to say, I'm so flattered to have been mentioned in this thread. Wow -- amazing compliment. Thanks.
- CJ
Your work is that good, BTW have you looked at the work of SHELBY LEE ADAMS...another that has not been mentioned, but he gets those same eyes you do...except some of his are downright spooky.
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