Inspirational photographers - add yours here!

[Ross]

Just wondered who everyone looked up to (as a source of inspiration or whatever) and if you could provide a link to some of their work - preferably a portfolio or equivalent.

For motorsport pictures, I hold Regis Lefebure in very high regard:

http://www.regislefeburephoto.com/detected.php?page=&pass=

And of course, the sadly (recently) departed Bob Carlos Clarke - sorry can't link to this as I'm at work.

Please feel free to add your suggestions and links below.

 

[fingerz]

http://www.andrzejdragan.com/

^^ Discovered him a couple of weeks ago and I'm bursting to get some more portraits and improve my Photoshop skills now.

The weird thing is, his main job is as a Physicist so when you Google his name, you get a load of physics papers.

 

[dod]

I really like what this guy does, I don't care for the site but some of the action close ups are great

http://www.rayarcher.com/index2.htm

 

[Steve]

Everything manually setup and manipulated but the results are stunning none the less.

http://www.davenitsche.com/index.htm

Ami Vitale - some very moving and thought provoking images.

http://www.amivitale.com/main.html

 

[orangepeel]

is it wrong that I've never heard of any of these people?

My inspiration is me mate http://www.rossscott.com/

I really like what this guy does, I don't care for the site but some of the action close ups are great

http://www.rayarcher.com/index2.htm

heh. I was at my EMB clients yesterday and we where discussing you, as it happens, and this Ray Archer dude popped up in the convo. I just said "pff. easy" grinned and left There are some awesome pics on there tho. Apparently he's the daddy at the motox photography...

 

[SammyC]

I must admit to not knowing much about any other photogs. I do it for personal amusement.

/lickybrownnoseon

Oh, can I say Steve?

/lickybrownnoseoff

 

[DJW]

.......... . Let you off....he is quite good

 

[fingerz]

My inspiration is me mate...

Oh yeah. Forgot about mates.

www.jeffmetal.com

 

[dod]

heh. I was at my EMB clients yesterday and we where discussing you, as it happens, and this Ray Archer dude popped up in the convo. I just said "pff. easy" grinned and left There are some awesome pics on there tho. Apparently he's the daddy at the motox photography...

Certainly is

Now, are you with EMB? Take it to PM's if you want

 

[Arkady]

Don McCullin; Larry Burrows; Tim Page; Chris Steele-Perkins; Co Rentmeester; Robert Capa; Damir Sagolj; David Douglas Duncan; Robert Mapplethorpe; Bob Carlos-Clarke; Nick Knight;

And every photographer whose work makes me thing "Ba$t**D! I wish I'd taken that!

 

[Gandhi]

And every photographer whose work makes me thing "Ba$t**D! I wish I'd taken that!

Seconded on that one.


Few too many these days though.

 

[DavidGilkes]

My inspirations are:

Bob Martin: www.bobmartin.com
Neil Leifer: www.neilleifer.com
Mark Sutton: www.suttonimages.com