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Daniella,

You are right about Steve McCurry, his works are incredible. Those who may want to visit his web site can do so by following this link: http://www.stevemccurry.com/
galleries: http://www.stevemccurry.com/galleries/galleriesFS.html

With the recent events in Afghanistan MSNBC ran a few specials which featured him and his work. It is quite a life, that of a photojournalist. His ability to capture unique aspects of the cultures that he explores is mesmerizing.



He is a talented photographer with a gift for capturing the beauty of the people he sees. Your galleries are about capturing the beauty of landscapes and animals -- knowing your fondness for McCurry, it was interesting not to find more on people. Your landscapes, however, are fabulous. I need to tell you, that the one picture that I am most fond of in your galleries both on pbase and photosig, is "Leo".



It's that namesake thing you know ;-). Thanks for adding your post to this thread. (lunch is over back to work.) -- LC

P.S. I don't know if you caught the end of my thread on panos but I was able succeed at creating a pano using Photoshop. Thanks in great part to yours and Sandman's williingness to share your techniques.I am grateful!
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=3211071

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...Dorthea Lange
jnat said:
As you say, there are so many, but these, I think, are well worth
seeking out as many examples as possible in books. A small sample
of each one's work is at
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/index.html , except for the
work of Robert Frank. Don't know why he's not there. Definitely a
master too.

Good thread. Can't wait to follow up on all those I don't know.
El-See said:
I have gotten to know many of you over the last month -- so many
unique styles and creative images. Who has influenced your
creativity?

It would be great if you could describe why you chose who you chose
and even better if you could provide links to sites or works so we
could all discover new influences. -- LC
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jnat
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El-See said:
I have gotten to know many of you over the last month -- so many
unique styles and creative images. Who has influenced your
creativity?

It would be great if you could describe why you chose who you chose
and even better if you could provide links to sites or works so we
could all discover new influences. -- LC
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El-See
http://www.pbase.com/charette/
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Off the cuff, these are the picks that come to mind for contemporary artists. McCurry needs no introduction of course. Dan Heller ( http://www.danheller.com ) has an awesome collection of photos from around the world. Al Shortt ( http://www.photosig.com/userphotos.php?id=2470 ) simply does amazing things with a camera. Not a superstar, but he shoots a bit of everything and does it very well.
-Gene L.
 
El-See said:
I have gotten to know many of you over the last month -- so many
unique styles and creative images. Who has influenced your
creativity?

It would be great if you could describe why you chose who you chose
and even better if you could provide links to sites or works so we
could all discover new influences. -- LC
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El-See
http://www.pbase.com/charette/
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Among other things because of his work on the origin of life.
http://www.rit.edu/~mrppph/index2.html
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Ulf
C-2100, C-21
 
John, without a doubt, Yousuf is one of the greats. Regrettably, another icon to leave us in the past month. What a career, spanning nearly a century. I found an article in The Independent (UK) http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=315030 which does a good job highlighting his career.

Difficult to find a detail gallery of his works on the web -- but several books can be found in most libraries. The portfolio in your link depicts some of his works and here is another link. http://www.tomblaugallery.com/photographers/karsh.html (This gallery contains the famous definant Winston Churchill portrait which launched Yousuf's career in 1941.) He had a real gift for getting famous people to pose in unusual ways.



John, I have also enjoyed some of your portraits. The one you shared with us a few weeks ago.



and one I don't think you shared here but is on your photosig gallery. http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=212672 (colored version). I really like this shot.

Thanks for this post. -- LC

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David Bailey - he shot a lot of creative fashion shots in the 60s and continues to do so, he's probably the most well known Photographer in the UK and really knows what he's doing..

3DTIM, Ross (EZ'pshoot'UZ), Barbara D60 and a few others here would give some of the famous ones a run for their money (like that guy people mention here - Edsel Addams or whoever)

;-)

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. Skip said:
his site:
http://www.chrisgomersall.co.uk/gallerybirds.html
review of his book Photographing Wild Birds:
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/news/book-review1.htm
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Hey Skip, I haven't heard of Chris Gomersall before and I really enjoyed visiting all his sample galleries, spectacular stuff. I really like this sample:



I also enjoyed visiting your bird galleries and can see why you are attracted to Gomersall. This shot is outstanding:



Thanks for posting this. --- LC

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yEAH! Especially his Eyewitness in Manchester

I see you got the "Hacienda" featured in the movie 24 Hour Party People now showing over here!
El-See said:
Ian, thanks for your post. This is what I had hoped this thread
would do -- bring to our attention a variety of different artist. I
was not familiar with Aidan O'Rourke, a freelance
photographer-journalist-web publisher. He is one of the few
photographers with an extensive web site of his work -- fun
exploring all the nooks and cranies of his site.
http://www.aidan.co.uk/main/index.html





I know you are living California, but I wondered if you were once
from the UK, particularly with your very creative shot of Warwick
Castle on Photosig: http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=171191
and since this photographer, Aridan O'Rourke, has done a wonderful
job bringing to life the Manchester region. Thanks for bringing
this artist to my attention. -- LC
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Thanks Leo.

Also, you were one of the people here that motivated me to mess around with the cascading style sheets. Thank you for taking the time to post that great information about pbase.
 
jnat said:
A small sample of each one's work is at
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/index.html ,
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Jim, great web site! Features many of photography's past icons -- good find. Thanks for reminding me about Dorothea Lange -- quite a charater. Always good with the very practical quibs.

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind." "Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate." Dorothea Lange

A lot is written about her at the Oakland Museum of California web site: http://www.museumca.org/global/art/collections_dorothea_lange.html the site includes a slide show with a good 20 or so of her pieces. Here's one:



And to follow the theme I have set in this thread, of course I have visited your galleries to see how Dorothea might have influence your work and found this interesting image:



But I have to tell you, my favorite in your gallery is this waterscape. I can't believe you caught that fish jumping in this shot. Bravo!



Thanks for your post Jim. -- LC

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El-See
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Thanks. I'm afraid not much of the influence of the masters has made its way into my work as yet. The challenge of producing something even appraoching what they did in black and white is daunting. Gives a person a long-term project to work on, though. :-)

I am so impressed with the work of Salgado, a living master still produces great work. Here, though, is a favorite of mine from his work in the 80's, a photo of Ethiopian refugees.


El-See said:
jnat said:
A small sample of each one's work is at
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/index.html ,
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Jim, great web site! Features many of photography's past icons --
good find. Thanks for reminding me about Dorothea Lange -- quite a
charater. Always good with the very practical quibs.

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be
stricken blind." "Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the
subject must be something you truly love or truly hate." Dorothea
Lange

A lot is written about her at the Oakland Museum of California web
site:
http://www.museumca.org/global/art/collections_dorothea_lange.html
the site includes a slide show with a good 20 or so of her pieces.
Here's one:



And to follow the theme I have set in this thread, of course I have
visited your galleries to see how Dorothea might have influence
your work and found this interesting image:



But I have to tell you, my favorite in your gallery is this
waterscape. I can't believe you caught that fish jumping in this
shot. Bravo!



Thanks for your post Jim. -- LC

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El-See
http://www.pbase.com/charette/
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jnat
http://www.pbase.com/jnat
 
Time to let this thread drift off into the archive for future reference, but let me take a moment to thank all of you for your comments. I have sure enjoyed reading your post, visiting your galleries and discovering several new photographers -- the creative styles here are wonderfully diversity. Thanks again for making this an informative thread -- I learned a lot! -- LC
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El-See
http://www.pbase.com/charette/
 
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