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I've been meaning to post a thread of great photographer portraits by great photographers.
A great start, I think: a young Henri Cartier-Bresson, by George Hoyningen-Huene, 1935. HCB was 27; GHH was 35.
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A great start, I think: a young Henri Cartier-Bresson, by George Hoyningen-Huene, 1935. HCB was 27; GHH was 35.
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Great photographers by great photographersLillian Bassman, according to Richard Avedon, "made visible that heartbreaking invisible place between the appearance and the disappearance of things."
Photo: Michael Somoroff
Great photographers by great photographersJeanloup Sieff by Frank Horvat
Paris, 1959
FH: But do you recognize the good photo at the moment of shooting it?
JS: Rarely. Sometimes I feel it happening, it’s like hearing a tiny noise. But not often.
Great photographers by great photographersSaul Leiter by Frank Horvat
Paris, 2008
Great photographers by great photographersFrank Horvat by his teacher & mentor, Henri Cartier-Bresson
Paris, 1987
Great photographers by great photographersEve Arnold & Inge Morath by Jean Gaumy, 1987
That's Dennis Stock in the background of this shot, taken at a Magnum meeting.
Great photographers by great photographersDennis Stock by Andreas Feininger, 1951
A famous shot for Life magazine
... Dennis Stock comes out from behind the camera. Stock was working at the time as an assistant for Gjon Mili.
When photographer Dennis Stock visited his friend Willy Ronis at his home in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, March 14, 1980, he told him that Andreas Feininger's famous "The Reporter" was actually a 1951 portrait of Stock himself. Ronis brought out his Life "Camera" book & took this shot.
Great photographers by great photographersDennis Stock
Henri Cartier Bresson with his trusty Leica Rangefinder, with a 50 mm. lens, 1961. He took most of the shots in a lifetime of work with this model
Great photographers by great photographersA "portrait impromptu" of Robert Capa by Willy Ronis. The two met in Switzerland, "on the slopes of Mont-Joux", in 1939, & took each other's pictures. When Ronis heard of Capa's death in 1954 he tracked down this negative.
Another Willy Ronis portrait of a great photographer: Izis, 1958. When Izis read Ronis's story in Photorama about the beauties of Gordes in Provence, he asked Ronis to find him a house there. This shot was taken in Gordes, six months before Izis found his own place in the south.
Another great photographer by Willy Ronis.
Brassaï at his office, 16 Rue du Saint-Gothard, Paris, 1981
The two old friends hadn't seen each other since 1972. Ronis called this "a souvenir photo, quickly made a few minutes before leaving him, in the daylight of his office."
Brassaï at his office, 16 Rue du Saint-Gothard, Paris, 1981
The two old friends hadn't seen each other since 1972. Ronis called this "a souvenir photo, quickly made a few minutes before leaving him, in the daylight of his office."
Great photographers by great photographersBruce Davidson by Willy Ronis, New York, 1981
Davidson knew his way around the New York Transit Authority; at the time he was working on his book Subway, published in 1986.
Great photographers by great photographersIn 1979 Photo Journal did a story on photographer Willy Ronis. Martine Franck was commissioned to take a portrait for the article. "We go to the Tuileries", said Ronis, "where I will suffer what I generally inflict on others."
Great photographers by great photographers"Since I have my camera slung over my shoulder, I take advantage of a moment when Martine has just recharged her Leica to steal her own image, with my Foca 50 mm."
A lovely shot of Martine Franck by Willy Ronis
Tuileries Gardens, 1979
Great photographers by great photographersA Magnum meeting in Paris by Elliott Erwitt, 1988. A great shot from the ultimate trickster.
Here they all are: so much talent in one place!
Great photographers by great photographersBurt Glinn by Peter Marlow, 2007
Great photographers by great photographersChris Steele-Perkins
Burt Glinn next to photo of Robert Capa
New York, 2007
Great photographers by great photographersInge Morath by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1960
"I think that in studying his way of photographing I learned how to photograph myself, before I ever took a camera into my hand."
Great photographers by great photographersHiroji Kubota
A fabulous shot of Inge Morath, with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, & daughter, film-maker Rebecca Miller.
NYC, 1974
Great photographers by great photographersOlivia Arthur by David Alan Harvey
New York, 2012
Great photographers by great photographersHiroji Kubota by Ferdinando Scianna
New York, 2007
Great photographers by great photographersMark J. Sebastien
Indrani + Markus shoot Mary J. Blige, 2007
Great photographers by great photographersMichael Somoroff's portrait of Frances McLaughlin Gill demonstrates the strength & determination that helped her to become a success in the largely male world of fashion photography.
Great photographers by great photographersA marvellous portrait of Arnold Newman by Michael Somoroff.
Great photographers by great photographersJacques Henri Lartigue by Michael Somoroff
Great photographers by great photographersAndreas Feininger by Michael Somoroff
Great photographers by great photographersIn 1948 Hermann Landshoff took a whole series of photos of the 25-year-old Richard Avedon, who worked for a time as his assistant. This is my favourite shot.
Great photographers by great photographersBerenice Abbott by Hermann Landshoff
New York, 1942
Great photographers by great photographersWeegee by Hermann Landshoff
New York, 1948
Great photographers by great photographersWalker Evans by Hermann Landshoff
New York, 1948
Great photographers by great photographersHermann Landshoff
Robert & Mary Frank, with their daughter Andrea
New York, 1956
Great photographers by great photographersHorst P. Horst by Hermann Landshoff
New York, 1948
Great photographers by great photographersAndré Kertész by Hermann Landshoff
New York, 1948
Great photographers by great photographersGordon Parks by Hermann Landshoff
New York, 1957
Great photographers by great photographersCarrie Mae Weems by Mickalene Thomas, 2018
Great photographers by great photographersHenri Cartier-Bresson, Sarah Moon & Robert Frank
Photo: Robert Delpire, Paris, 1982
Great photographers by great photographersJim Goldberg's amazing 2009 portrait of Robert Frank
Great photographers by great photographersThe always genial Elliott Erwitt, by Rene Burri
London, 1997
Great photographers by great photographersElliott Erwitt by Ferdinando Scianna
London, 1996
Great photographers by great photographersLife photographer Yale Joel shoots Philippe Halsman shooting Salvador Dali, 1954.
Hope that's the only shooting that went on that day.
Rolleiflex Drinking Game: Drink!
Great photographers by great photographersPhilippe Halsman by Weegee, 1950s
That's Henri Cartier-Bresson's Moscow at the top of the pile of books.
Great photographers by great photographersTwo talented young photographers, Hamila Vakili & Newsha Tavakolian, by A. Abbas. Tavakolian became a Magnum member in 2019.
Tehran, 2003
Great photographers by great photographersA 1962 Henry Wolf shot of Richard Avedon at work.
Great photographers by great photographersPatti Smith gets ready to photograph Lynn Goldsmith
Photo: Michael Putland
New York, 1978
Patti Smith might not be a full-time pro - she has a few other things going on - but she's also great behind the lens.
There you go!
Great photographers by great photographersAnother fine portrait of Gordon Parks, by Anthony Barboza, 2006
Great photographers by great photographersHorst P. Horst by Michael Somoroff
This, & many others, from his book A Moment. Master Photographers: Portraits by Michael Somoroff
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Great photographers by great photographers"I pulled out my Leica and captured the last instant of our session. That was the last time I saw André."
- André Kertész by Michael Somoroff
Great photographers by great photographersHelmut Newton by Michael Somoroff, Monaco, 1983
Great photographers by great photographersIrving Penn by Horst P. Horst, 1951
Great photographers by great photographersHorst P. Horst
Lisa Fonssagrives and Irving Penn, 1951
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"A great fashion photographer doesn't sell clothes, he sells dreams."
- Irving Penn
Irving Penn's shot of Vogue photographers at Locust Valley NY, 1947. He's sitting up front
Left to right: Serge Balkin, Cecil Beaton, George Platt Lynes, Constantine Joffe, Horst P. Horst, John Rawlings, Alexander Liberman, Erwin Blumenfeld
The only woman is Dorian Leigh, a model
Left to right: Serge Balkin, Cecil Beaton, George Platt Lynes, Constantine Joffe, Horst P. Horst, John Rawlings, Alexander Liberman, Erwin Blumenfeld
The only woman is Dorian Leigh, a model
Great photographers by great photographersAnnie Leibovitz by Fergus Greer
black and white glossy print, 1990
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Great photographers by great photographersLord Snowdon by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1969
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Great photographers by great photographersNorman Parkinson by Trevor Leighton
bromide fibre print, 13 May 1981
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Great photographers by great photographersCecil Beaton by Jack Mitchell
bromide print, 1966
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Great photographers by great photographersBill Brandt by Arnold Newman
bromide print, 1978
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Great photographers by great photographersImogen Cunningham by Abe Frajndlich, 1975
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Love the peace sign!
Great photographers by great photographersMargaret Bourke-White by Philippe Halsman, 1942
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Great photographers by great photographersLotte Jacobi & Barbara Morgan by Catharine Reeve
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Legends...
Great photographers by great photographersCindy Sherman by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1983
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Great photographers by great photographersRobert Mapplethorpe by John Swannell, 1980
Great photographers by great photographersDiane Arbus at the Whitney
Fred W. McDarrah, 1969
Great photographers by great photographersDiane & Allan Arbus by Frances McLaughlin-Gill
For Glamour magazine, 1950
Allan Arbus is better known today as an actor. He played the psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on the TV series M*A*S*H
Great photographers by great photographersAlfred Stieglitz by Paul Strand, 1929
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What sort of monster camera is he wrangling with here?
Great photographers by great photographersWilly Ronis by Marcel Bovis, 1950
Great photographers by great photographersEva Sereny by Douglas Kirkland
Great photographers by great photographersAbbas by Jean Gaumy
Great photographers by great photographersLillian Bassman was married to photographer Paul Himmel for 73 years, until he died in 2009. Bassman died in 2012 at 94.
Lillian Bassman and Paul Himmel, 2003
Photo: Karin Kohlberg
Great photographers by great photographersPeter Hujar by Bob Berg, 1986
"His pictures share, in place of a style, an unfailing rigor that can only be experienced, not described." - Peter Schjeldahl
Great photographers by great photographersA superb portrait of Berenice Abbott by Lotte Jacobi, 1955
Great photographers by great photographersAnother fine portrait by Lottee Jacobi, of Alfred Stieglitz, from 1938
Great photographers by great photographersEdward Weston & Margrethe Mather by Imogen Cunningham, 1922
"Mather, a photographer of considerable accomplishment, who taught & learned from Weston, vanished into obscurity while his reputation flourished."
https://nytimes.com/2003/04/04/arts/art-in-review-edward-weston-and-margrethe-mather-a-passionate-collaboration.html
Great photographers by great photographersIrving Penn's portrait of Dora Maar from 1948. Her former photography teacher Brassaï once said that she had "bright eyes & an attentive gaze, a disturbing stare at times."
Great photographers by great photographersA lovely war-time portrait of Irving Penn by John Rawlings, 1945
Great photographers by great photographersMagnum photographers by Chien-Chi Chang
Rochester NY, 2012
Top: Bruce Gilden, Alec Soth, Martin Parr
Center: Susan Meiselas, Jim Goldberg & Alessandra Sanguinetti, Donovan Wylie
Bottom: Larry Towell, Paolo Pellegrin, Alex Webb.
Great photographers by great photographersMartin Parr by Gueorgui Pinkhassov
Corsica, 1990
Great photographers by great photographersThe late Terry O'Neill by Gemma Levine, 1987
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"I was totally self-taught. I didn't know what I was doing."
Notice the Karsh poster!
Great photographers by great photographersYousuf Karsh's portrait of Jacques Henri Lartigue, taken at Roger Therond’s home in Paris, March 24, 1981
Great photographers by great photographersJacques Henri Lartigue is photographed by Yousuf Karsh.
Photo: Manuel Litran, Paris, 1981
Great photographers by great photographersYousuf Karsh by Harry Benson, 1963
"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."
Great photographers by great photographersGene Smith greets Yousuf Karsh
A great shot by Guy Le Querrec, Arles, 1975
Great photographers by great photographersHerman Leonard by Yousuf Karsh, 1947
"He was a master of jazz, except his instrument was a camera."
- K. Heather Pinson
Great photographers by great photographersHenri Cartier-Bresson by George Platt Lynes, 1935
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This shot makes a nice pair with the George Hoyningen-Huene portrait at the top of this thread.
Great photographers by great photographersFlorence Henri by Lucia Moholy, 1927
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"With Florence Henri's photos, photographic practice enters a new phase," László Moholy-Nagy wrote in 1928.
Great photographers by great photographersMaurice Tabard
Self-portrait with Roger Parry, 1928-39
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Roger Parry learned photography from Maurice Tabard by working as his studio assistant in 1928.
Great photographers by great photographersTina Modotti by Edward Weston, 1924
"It was very much a teacher-pupil relationship at the beginning. And very quickly, Modotti took her own way & her own vision."
- Margaret Hooks
Great photographers by great photographersThe American fashion photographer Henry Clarke gets the full Irving Penn treatment.
NY, 1972
Palais Galliera, Paris
Like both Penn & Richard Avedon, Clarke studied at the New School for Social Research with Alexey Brodovitch.
Great photographers by great photographersRichard Avedon by Irving Penn
Vogue, August 23, 1993
Great photographers by great photographersJanine Niepce by Jean-Loup Sieff
Great photographers by great photographersCecil Beaton
Irving Penn reviewing camera negatives for Chimney Sweep, London, 1950
Great photographers by great photographersSabine Weiss by Frank Horvat, 2006
Great photographers by great photographersMarc Riboud by Frank Horvat
Paris, 2012
Great photographers by great photographersWalker Evans by Lee Friedlander
Hanover, New Hampshire, 1972
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Great photographers by great photographersThe late Robert Frank by François-Marie Banier, 2009
"I am always perplexed when people say that a photograph has captured someone. A photo is just a piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think you can get more than that."
John Loengard's 2011 book Age of Silver
Portraits of great photographers
https://amzn.to/3gp6x3B
John Loengard's 2011 book Age of Silver
Portraits of great photographers
https://amzn.to/3gp6x3B
From Age of Silver, John Loengard's portrait of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Another shot from the late John Loengard's Age of Silver: Encounters with Great Photographers. This is Harry Benson
Great photographers by great photographers
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Also from John Loengard's Age of Silver, this lovely shot of Cornell Capa. Behind him is a famous portrait of his older brother Robert, taken in 1952 by Ruth Orkin. Coincidentally, I included that shot a few posts ago in this thread of great photographers by great photographers.
