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Tuff call...I'm an old fart and started with film as a youngster in 1975...Digital in 1998..
Many faves...but my all-time faves are (not necessarily in order) are...
Obviously Ansel Adams: "...no rules for good photograph's, there are only good photograph's" , incredible black and white photography, he had mastered the art of b/w his sense of nature/landscape (and much more) was incomparable to any others.
Robert Capa: Famous for his WW2 photos including D-Day, He had photographed my father at D-Day and the photo appeared in the June edition of the Life mag.
Dorothea Lange: for her incredible work in and around WW2 era capturing basic American struggling families for the FSA.
Lewis Wickes Hines: Photographed the child labor issue in the early 1900's, his photos were key to changing laws regarding child labor .
My personal fave is my mentor and friend (RIP): Robert Bellott, more likely you have never heard of him, but many know his work.
Bob did the very recognizable photo for the "Alien" movie (the green egg thingy) in his NYC studio. He also did the Aerosmith album cover "Night in the Ruts" and a few Rolling Stones covers, a shit ton of Sony ads in mags through the 1980's and 90's (so much more). A good man and an incredible photographer, I will miss him, his style and technique were just fantastically inspiring to me as a teen and knowing him personally gave me an opportunity to learn a shitload about photography (he passed about four years ago).
Pic is a Lewis Hine photo.
