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Anonymous
ok /p/, lets talk about real shit.
I'm looking for some inspiration. Post your favorite photographers, preferably split in categories like architecture, portraits.

I am also looking for good recommendations on good photography books, either anthologies or tip books.

Pic related, one of my favorite pics
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>> Anonymous
Sorry, no categories, particular order, or anything. Some notes, though.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, to the extent he can be underrated at anything he's underrated as a portraitist and a landscapist.
James Nachtwey
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, who's really much, much better than a cursory look at his work would suggest.
Raymond Depardon, seriously underknown, great body of work with a unique aesthetic and feel.
David Alan Harvey, "Cuba" by him is a flawless masterpiece.
Robert Frank
Richard Avedon
Martin Munkácsi, in addition to the famous stuff he's the only person I can think of who's made actual, pure sports photographs interesting.
Roman Vishniac
Herbert List, especially his still lifes and nudes/semi-nudes, overall a more striking exploration/showing of clear aesthetic beauty than any other photographer I can think of.
And Allen Ginsberg, for reasons not directly related to his photographs, though they're good for someone whose primary thing wasn't photography.

I could list more, but this is already a little long for a favorites list.
>> Anonymous
My favorite photographer Elliott Erwitt has a wonderful book called Snaps. He calls much of his work snapshots. The word implies a moment, a time, a slice of life taken with a single snap of the shutter. Its etymology is even interesting: from the early 1800s, a snapshot was a quickly execute shot at a fast-moving target. The photographic term was coined in the 1890s, when press cameras and flash powders / bulbs enabled this type of photo to exist. I think life is simply magical... amazing things happen every day. To capture that magic in a tangible record... well, that's so cool it feels like cheating. I love snapshots, I love the exhilaration that comes with chasing those moments with some strange gizmo that captures light and forms an image. I'll keep taking them until I'm pushin' up daisies.