You know these photographers can inspire everything from portraiture to landscape to still life. Subject matter can change, but the aesthetic can be at the root of the work.
Absolutely. I am inspired by the geometry, symmetry, asymmetry, sparseness, and contrasts, among other elements, as well as the whimsy, romance and humor.
Thank you for this wonderful article about your favorite photographers. I equally share the experience discovering Kurt Markus. One afternoon walking around Joseph aBeth Book store, and looking and browsing photo books, an image of a cowboy on the cover page appeared in front of me. I grab the big horizontal book, heavy, sat on the near by bench and started passing the pages. I quietly escaped from the store momentarily, I did not hear noises around me. I completely immerse in the book page by page. Kurt’s images were so elegant, clean, and truly mesmorizing. Darek found me eventually. At that point I couldn’t leave the book at the store it came with me. Still is one of my favorite photographers. Later on, I had the opportunity to meet him and take a workshop with him. It was an amazing week that change my photographic voice.
Thanks for the introductions to these three photographers and the links to their work and your videos on their iconic work. Rodney Smith is a new name to me, but as soon as I saw the images I recognized the work, which I find particularly fun, whimsical and compelling. That's the sort of work I would like to draw inspiration from in my own creative pursuits, and this was a reminder to me to do more of.
I am a big fan of Substack and have been reading all your entries with great relish and delight. You are greatly appreciated and I'm sure you continue to widen your appreciative audience as you go along.
Thanks.
You know these photographers can inspire everything from portraiture to landscape to still life. Subject matter can change, but the aesthetic can be at the root of the work.
Absolutely. I am inspired by the geometry, symmetry, asymmetry, sparseness, and contrasts, among other elements, as well as the whimsy, romance and humor.
Don,
Thank you for this wonderful article about your favorite photographers. I equally share the experience discovering Kurt Markus. One afternoon walking around Joseph aBeth Book store, and looking and browsing photo books, an image of a cowboy on the cover page appeared in front of me. I grab the big horizontal book, heavy, sat on the near by bench and started passing the pages. I quietly escaped from the store momentarily, I did not hear noises around me. I completely immerse in the book page by page. Kurt’s images were so elegant, clean, and truly mesmorizing. Darek found me eventually. At that point I couldn’t leave the book at the store it came with me. Still is one of my favorite photographers. Later on, I had the opportunity to meet him and take a workshop with him. It was an amazing week that change my photographic voice.
I do wish I could have met him.
So wonderful that you got to meet and work with him in a creative session.
I look at his work often and continue to see more and more in it.
Thanks, Li.
Thanks for the introductions to these three photographers and the links to their work and your videos on their iconic work. Rodney Smith is a new name to me, but as soon as I saw the images I recognized the work, which I find particularly fun, whimsical and compelling. That's the sort of work I would like to draw inspiration from in my own creative pursuits, and this was a reminder to me to do more of.
I am a big fan of Substack and have been reading all your entries with great relish and delight. You are greatly appreciated and I'm sure you continue to widen your appreciative audience as you go along.