What Legendary Photographer Inspired You?
 

Mine: Jeanloup Sieff. Something about his b/w photos and the use of the wide angle.

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(Don?t worry about competition. I am amateur photographer and sometimes a big idiot when posting on this board.)

Aaron Matthews.

Dieter Appelt.

<img src=http://www.hainesgallery.com/images/DA.hanging.lg.jpg border="1">

Self Portrait.

i put together a show of his in new orleans during college.

Dieter Appelt:

http://newhyper.k.plenum.de/acircle/60206F00.htm

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<img src=http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/robinson/Images/robinson9-9-21.jpg border="1">

LOL...

Now that's funy. :thumbsup

Elmer Batters

I wasn't really inspired by anyone legendary. Well, I suppose I was, but mostly in the big mess of general inspiration.

More actively, I have been inspired by a wide variety of people, though... August from FireBelow, Jen from Jen's Ex, Zille from Darkplay, Robin St. Laurents (especially), Amelia and Forrest, Petter Hegre, Isabella...

Irving Penn, without a doubt


http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/irving_penn.htm

can't forget Irving Klaw

scars are art.

Cindy Sherman
http://www.masters-of-photography.co...sherman_7.html

Art can scar. Images just get looked at.

Oliver Klozov. He was the first real photographer I met during my free sites days.

Suze Randall



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http://216.156.191.72/1pub.jpg

This guy knew what he was doing. A master with a wide angle lens and lets not forget http://www.haskins.com

Nor other legendary photographers mentioned.

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I guess for me it would be whoever did those nudist colony magazines back in the fifties. :thumbsup

theres a huge difference between guys who take pictures of girls and abstract photography though.

while i wont debate artistic merit of nude photographs, its quite different to the books of artwork i have in my collection such as the Dieter Appelt books I have, as well as others.

William Cristenberry for one.

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Definitely :thumbsup

Alot of unknowns from that period produced some great amateur stuff. Always been a fan of vintage erotica.

Russ Meyer

http://www.rmfilms.com/