PHOTOGRAPHERS TO INSPIRE

A mistake I made for a long time was looking to gear for inspiration, but there are so many great photographers out there making so much great work that it's really hard to keep this brief.

Start with people I look to for Composition..

Alex Webb – for complex street scenes that are chaotic but balanced in both colour and composition. Tells complex stories in a single frame and so good to look at. He’s one of the very best out there https://webbnorriswebb.wordpress.com/ -

Henri Cartier Bresson – Godfather of composition, use of shapes and balanced frames, was a painter then founded magnum with Robert Capa. Work might seem dated, but laid the groundwork for a lot of photography as we know it today.. https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

More information on Henri can be found here

Matt Stuart – London Street photographer who very intelligently composes his scenes to tell witty and often socially aware stories but still producing beautiful images. Bridges the gap between humour and beauty. http://www.mattstuart.com/photography/tqzpf859421njkn58ppuql6y0xaw5b ..each image takes time to digeset, to find the visual play.. Then you find it and it’s like ‘woooah’. It’s good.

Arnold Newman – Frames within frames my friend. My favourite quote of his goes something like ‘photography is 90% moving furniture, and 10% taking pictures’ http://arnoldnewman.com/content/portraits-0