Photographers that inspire you....

Tom Stoddart, Sebastiao Salgado & James Natchwey for their relentless quality and power, Cartier-Bresson for what he started, Capa for his sheer balls, Elliott Erwitt for his humour
 
So many great names.I am surprised though that at this stage of the thread that Karsch hasnt had a mention----just love those portraits.
Pete.
 
Bill Brandt
Don McCullin
Jerry Uelsmann

And what about artists!

Salvador Dali
Van Goth
 
Shame no one remembers Don McPhee great northern photo-jounalist/documentary photographer. Some of his photos from the Miners strike are legendary.

Also one of the very best portrait photographers Yousef Karsh

Perhaps not the most fashionable artists but undoubtedly photographic giants

Steve
 
I love a lot of Diane Arbus stuff. I think her eye for the unusual is what inspires me about her work.
 
lots and lots - Michael Kenna, Josef Hoflehner, Colin Prior, Cecil Beaton, Julia Margaret Cameron, Glyn Satterley, Tom McGhee and a lot more...
 
Robert Capa (better than Cartier Bresson by a mile!)Bill Brandt, Martin Parr, Mccullin, Nick Waplington,nice to see Tom Stoddart mentioned earlier as well.

Also like the work of Don Mcphee, I was lucky enough to go to one of his talks about 15 years ago, he was really interesting and a very down to earth man. Shame that age (and quality) of press photography has been destroyed by cost cutting.....
 
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