What Photographer(s) inspire you

[Nicole]

Jean-Claude Gautrand

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Michael Kenna

Cheryl Jacobs

[Lee Shively]

"I just received a copy of Japan, by Michael Kenna, so at the moment the answer is: Michael Kenna.... Beautiful!"

I'm in total agreement, Bob. Gorgeous book! I also recently got both his Retrospectives. I usually don't like this type of photography but I really have come to enjoy Kenna's work.

[Wouter from Brazil]

I like Pierre Verger. He was a frenchman living in Brazil for most of his life. His pictures reflect the brazilian social landscape, mainly the black/african heritage. Have a look at them at: www.pierreverger.org . Also a nice place to see what you can do in B/W with a Rolleiflex.

[m.steig]

Len Jenshel
Joel Sternfeld
Richard Misrach


I'd like to add these three heavyweights to the list.

[André E.C.]

Paul Strand, Minor White!

Cheers

André

[Joe Symchyshyn]

Brooks Jensen.

For all the things he does for photography other than his photography...

joe

[Grunthos]

[SIZE=4]Michael Scarpitti [/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]Hans Beckert [/SIZE]

[TheFixer]

Andreas Feininger
Pirkle Jones
Herb Ritts
Cal Slack
Sam Abell

[c6h6o3]

[size=4]Michael Scarpitti [/size][size=4] [/size]
[size=4]Hans Beckert [/size]

If you like their work, you might want to check out the work of that most masterful of photographers (and as such is not, nor can he ever be, an artist), [size=4]Ornello Pederzoli[/size][size=2]. His style is very similar to the photographers you mention. [/size]

[Jim Chinn]

Andre Kertesz
Brett Weston
Edward Weston
Wynn Bullock
Harry Callahan
Albert-Renger Patzch
Ralph Gibson
Alexander Rodchenko
Irving Penn
Avedon
Walker Evans
Eugene C. Smith
Wright Morris
Aron Siskind
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Helen Levitt
Manuel Alvarez Bravo

I can't say how much they influence me, but I find myself returning to look at their work in books or going to exhibitions of their work when ever possible.

Also if I ever win the lottery, I will be out buying a print from each one. I already have the list of specific prints ready if the day ever comes.