Ask HN: Which photographers do you admire? Everyone has a genre of photography that they like the best. In your specific genre, which photographers are you inspired by and what do they photograph? |
Ask HN: Which photographers do you admire? Everyone has a genre of photography that they like the best. In your specific genre, which photographers are you inspired by and what do they photograph? |
Myself, I'm into landscapes, time-lapses, and virtual-focus/synthetic aperture photography, though it's been quite a long time since I was able to venture forth and take photos. Here's my old "Top 100" folder from those days[2]
[1] https://flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/albums/72157623...
[2] https://flickr.com/photos/---mike---/albums/7217772029640662...
I took a look at your photos - a lot of them are good! The ones with the same person multiple times in the frame kinda threw me for a loop. How did you achieve that?
If you're more prepared, you could just use a tripod to skip the need for alignment.
The former taught me the importance of simply being there and being ready to shoot in the moment, lighting and composition be damned. The latter showed me that you could compose art -- real, emotional and meaningful art, not just cookie-cutter photos -- by thoughtfully capturing emotional moments.
Both are very good, and shooting in the early to mid 1900's shot in black and white, which I really like.
What about you? Do you shoot color or b&w? Did you stick to street like Weegee and Smith or have you taken a different route?
"The earth from above": https://search.brave.com/images?q=yann+arthus-bertrand+the+w...
The Human (Musics) film is special: https://youtu.be/uog4eCZTUX4
Fascinating portraits of human lives all over the planet: https://www.menzelphoto.com/portfolio/G0000GPaxwfSZQ0Q
"What the world eats": https://time.com/8515/what-the-world-eats-hungry-planet/
I've seen Peter Menzel's photos before they are very fascinating. Crazy idea to photograph entire families with either their belongings or what they eat in that way, but it totally works and nobody has done it before (as far as I know).
Do you take photos yourself?
In what parts of the world has life become more similar to the viewers', in which parts has it remained distinct? What do people value? Seeing is believing, and understanding, and an opportunity for empathy.
I'm doing some amateur astrophotography myself.
Jamie Hawksworth has a keen eye and delivers warmth in his traditional process. He shoots landscape and fashion.
Nick Night and Craig Mcdean for pushing the boundaries of fashion photography.
Rankin for his work ethic. I could watch him working from my desk for about a year, he worked 12hour days 6 days a week. If he didn’t have a professional job, he always had a side project. Portraits and fashion.
One photographer I really like is Mitchell Kanashkevich who photographs mostly people on his travels. He really has a way of developing relationships with them to allow him to take photos you don't often see.
https://www.mitchellk-photos.com/
Another fun photographer who is mostly taking aerials is George Steinmetz who photographs for National Geographic. His assignments and projects are mostly related to global problems such as feeding the world population and climate change. He has some beautiful photos, and his Instagram is also quite fun with each post being two halfs of an aerial for that panoramic feel.
https://www.georgesteinmetz.com/
Honestly, a lot of the National Geographic photographers take amazing photos.
Personally, I try to incorporate a bit of both's style in my own photography, but of course it takes years of practice. I do mostly travel, documentary and landscapes. You can check out my work below.
Vivian Maier took some excellent photos and was basically unknown until someone found a bunch of her film canisters at a yard sale and developed them.
Henri Cartier-Bresson also took some AMAZING photos in his time. Some of them you really wonder how he got somewhere at just the right time.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/henri-cartier-bres...
A lot of Magnum photographers are very skilled street photographers, I think.
... and a bunch of the <word>porn subs (that aren't actually porn) like /engineeringporn or /weirdwings
Richard Avedon
Lee Friedlander
Sally Mann
Jerry Uelsmann
Ansel Adams
many many more I'm forgetting