I'm doing a paper on Photographers and...
 

their influence in history. It is for my history class. It is from the 1940's to today. I'm still thinking on who I should do it on. Any tips on photographers, especially in the underground. I'm looking at you bunbury.

edward weston

why?

BECAUSE I SAID SO.

Cool, I have to narrow it down to six photographers. Two for the first(1945-1960), another two for the second(1960-1980), and two more for the last part(1980-).

I would have suggested whoever made the movie "The Battle of the Somme" but I don't think it would work because it is a movie, and it is before 1940.

Yeah, I am doing photographers, and ther influence. The paper is going to be 7-8 pages long.

mary ellen mark!

meningitis, i strongly suggest diane arbus for your 2nd portions

toss in avedon as well

sebastiao salgado

& then... ??

wait, how can you write 8 pages on 6 people? is the paper going to be composed of soundbytes??

hm those look good.

puff will require 5 more names however.

yes BUTT:

it's a HISTORY class & he needs old peeple. i think diane arbus is just + necessary when we talk of "influence" on contemporary culture. most of the photographers (all?) youve posted OWE her. si?

just please don't mention ansel adams.

ansel adams. :D

(he has been a HUGe influence on office cubicles!!)

and psychiatric (read: quack) offices.

oh! yours?

mine was an insurance agent.

you must spread rep points before giving more to !@#$%!

i love weston, and a modern fav of mine is hans neleman

Wait you don't believe that crap do you? Photography is fucking art, I tell you.

Charles Peterson for his rock photography
and
Estevan Oriol for this ;)


...but seriously he's done some good work documenting west coast street culture.

I'd say Nan Goldin; you can relate it to broader cultural stuff you might be into.

i would say art, alot of her images are hauntingly beautiful but they definately do not cater to the prurient