Sunday 1 January 2012

100 things / Research and collect

100 of the most influential people/photographers


Richard Avedon 1923-2004
Avedon is a photographer whom every photographer should get to know via his books. 


Eugene Smith 1918-1978
The photojournalist was intense and at times obsessed with his work. He helped establish the photo story and the power of black & white printing


Helmut Newton 1920-2004
Newton created erotically charged and powerful images of women, and developed the use of ring flash in fashion images.


Irving Penn 1917-2009
Every portrait shot in the corner of a room or simple symbolic still life owes something to Penn. He is the established genius of American Vogue magazine.


Guy Bourdin 1928-1921
As a protégé of the legendary Man Ray, Bourdin made huge waves in the fashion world with his seductive, provocative, and at times violent imagery. 

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