Photographers whose work I tried to understand from my get go: there's actually very few of them...(fair usage ofsamples below)
MARIE COSINDAS, below, portrait of author Tom Wolfe, for painterly perfection,commercial photography as fine art photography
Above, DAVID GAHR,(LINKfor expanded ruminations)
Above, IRVING PENN covers of 2 of his photography books, fine art sensibility, unerring technical perfection for reproduction
Two images above, HIRO (only fair usage ones located on web) for unusuallighting choices and compositions, always
Above right and left,RICHARD AVEDON, directional light, easy finesse
Below,DAVID BAILEY for prolific life work, high key contrast, and British chutzpah.
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Above, KURT INGHAM,self-portrait with 4x5 view camera, 1970; below, nature study 43 years later. Boundless creativity and expert experimentation
