Robert Doisneau. I can't say that he's my favorite photographer now, but his low key, seemingly inobtrusive style is what made me want to try to make photographs like that at first.
j On 7/24/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I sent an email yesterday about Cartier-Bresson being inspired by Munkacsi's > photo of the boys running into the surf. I got to thinking about the photo > which first made me aware of photography, and the first photographer whose > name I actively sought out and remembered. > > In the early 1970s I was at boarding school, where we had the newspapers > delivered every day. I remember seeing this photograph in, I think, the > Sunday Times. I made a deliberate effort to memorise the photographer's > name, and started to look out for more of his photographs: > http://tinyurl.com/cn2sr. > > It made me aware that photography could be something beyond the prosaic. I > still find this photograph very interesting, mysterious and inspiring. > > What photographs and photographers were your first inspiration? > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > -- Juan Buhler - SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches and Posters Chair http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
