- Francesco Scavullo, specifically the portraits from the book Scavullo Women (of which I own 2 copies)
- Sally Mann
- Marilyn Minter-supersaturated color, pretty+dirty
- Nick Brandt, but the portraits are lions
- Gian Paolo Barbieri (Tahitian Tattoos 1999)
- Michael Thompson
- Terry Richardson!) Juergen Teller started it, but Richardson finished it, and Yes, it's true, you can't buy talent in a camera store
- Chuck Close-true, they are paintings that look like photos that look like paintings that look like photos, and now, tapestries that look like photos, 12ft giants!
Re: Terry Richardson
You know, when I first started taking pictures, the only camera I had I borrowed from my mother. It was a point and shoot film camera. And I was shooting assignments with it (gasp). Some of my favorite, and I feel, best pictures I ever took were with that camera. Here is a self-portrait from that time:
Snappies let you do things you could never do with an SLR. With a P&S, it's just you, the camera and the subject, so your whole mind is on is this going to make a good/interesting/pretty/image. Pinhole "purists" may scoff at the AF, but for me it is still getting back to basics. Film +lack of control=less chances to get it right=better pictures. Try it as an exercise; I am this week and will post the pictures by week's end.
Yes, I was very thin here, size 2.
No comments:
Post a Comment