"Exposure" to the greats?

wolfejm

Pardon the pun

I'm looking for some suggestions on how to become more aware of "great" or well-known photographers. My intent is to help develop my eye and creative skills by broadening my perspectives.

Any ideas? Maybe some suggestions for a reading list (print or online)?

Thanks!

Icebear

I don't have a list, but do have a suggestion. Local library probably has a decent collection.

SloYerRoll

Start at your local library.
All the greats have their own publications.

The web is your friend. But seeing some of these images on a high gloss large print can really take your breath away.

While your at the library. Find the tome called something like "Time: A year in pictures" (paraphrased from memory). There are fantastic shots w/ all the vitals of the shot attached so you can know who's shots you want to look up more on I can sit at the library for hours and just stare at these shots!

pathfinder

wolfejm wrote:

Pardon the pun

I'm looking for some suggestions on how to become more aware of "great" or well-known photographers. My intent is to help develop my eye and creative skills by broadening my perspectives.

Any ideas? Maybe some suggestions for a reading list (print or online)?

Thanks!

In the tool bar just above this forum, between Gallery and New Stuff is one called Books. You might find something of interest there.

If you purchase a book by a renowned photographer from Amazon, then Amazon will be happy to suggest other different books by photographers that folks who purchased the same book you did also found of interest.

I am sure our readers can quickly contribute names of great photographers that might be worthy of your interest too.

I may add a few later this evening myself, or you may have more questions after looking up the books in the dgrin link suggested above.

Addendum:

A few names to consider.....in no special order, certainly not alphabetical, or in order of importance, or even chronological - just a few names that come to mind

Paul Strand

Alfred Stielglitz

Edward Weston

WeeGee

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Richard Avedon

Aniie Leibovitz

Walker Evans

Elliott Erwitt

Jacob, David and Marc Muench

Mathew Brady

Joe Cornish

Peter Watson

David Hockney

Graham Nash

Edward S Curtis

Vincent Versace

Michael Reichman

Claus Mroczynski

Galen Rowell

Robert Capa

and many others unmentioned

Antonio Correia

A very good book !

Sam

You now have more information at at your very finger tips that at any time in history. Even in the old fashion libraries of yesteryear you had to wade through index cards, and book shelves to find what you were looking for.

Today is no different except you can do sitting at home in your pajamas.

Type in "Great Photographers" and start wadding.

Sam

wolfejm

Thanks!
Thank you, everyone, for the fantastic suggestions as usual! This is exactly what I needed.

I'm not sure why, but it never occurred to me to go to the library. I'm so used to buying everything it just never hit me. Great tip!

Antonio Correia

And if all this is not enought you always have the books from Magnum photographers.

for example and many many others ...

Do you know Sebastão Salgado ? Africa, his last book.