Famous photographers

rpm2000 · 11 Nov 2006 at 18:34

Hi
Doin a colllege project and i have to do some outdoor portraits based on duplicating famous photographers work. I have already done quite a few, Bailey, Arnold Newman ect. does anyone have any suggestion of famous photographers

Cheers rpm2000

Shoei · 11 Nov 2006 at 18:36

Ansel Adams springs to mind.

EDIT: D'oh, brain not firing on all cylinders tonight, saw the outside bit, but didnt register portrait. my mistook.

Joe T · 11 Nov 2006 at 18:38

You're after portrait photographers right?

Augmented · 11 Nov 2006 at 19:24

Rankin and Mario Testino. Doing Rankin would be fun; though it somewhat needs a ring-flash to properly emulate the style.

Colin_da_Killer · 11 Nov 2006 at 19:25

It also might be good to remember my name, Colin Winhall. For future use

hoodmeister · 11 Nov 2006 at 19:35

What about some Self portraiture - look at people like Cindy Sherman.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 11 Nov 2006 at 19:42

Annie Leibovitz

Mohain · 12 Nov 2006 at 10:46

Joel-Peter Witkins

bitslice · 12 Nov 2006 at 11:43

Neil Brightmore,
(UK only, but he won loads of Kodak awards anyway)

Blackvault · 12 Nov 2006 at 13:40

Where have I hear the name Mario Testino before? Any ideas?

Blackvault

Augmented · 12 Nov 2006 at 13:54

Blackvault said:
Where have I hear the name Mario Testino before? Any ideas?

Blackvault

He took some pretty well-known images of Pricess Diana - stunning candid portraits that created a bit of hoo-hah in the press and put him into the limelight for a while?

His name also sounds like a typical DJ/Footballer/F1-driver

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Blackvault · 12 Nov 2006 at 14:27

Augmented said:
He took some pretty well-known images of Pricess Diana - stunning candid portraits that created a bit of hoo-hah in the press and put him into the limelight for a while?

His name also sounds like a typical DJ/Footballer/F1-driver .

Thanks! I know the pictures that you are talking about. I really love that series of her, they look so full of life. Wasn't it on the cover of Vanity Fair?

I'm gonna research him for my photography course now.

Thanks

Blackvault

Augmented · 12 Nov 2006 at 14:42

Blackvault said:
Thanks! I know the pictures that you are talking about. I really love that series of her, they look so full of life. Wasn't it on the cover of Vanity Fair?

I'm gonna research him for my photography course now.

Thanks

Blackvault

Good stuff. Yes, I think they certainly were published in one of the style/fashion magazines. He's got an amazing knack for that style of photography that makes the subject leap out of the frame, revealing much more about them.

I got to see some of his work at his Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery a couple of years ago - they really do have a great impact on a large-scale, and those Diana pictures in particular were quite something.