>>3205027>>3205030I'm not going to go in depth on all of those photographers or any of the many others that I admire. I will say at the very least that the photographs from the beginning of the thread are just too faked/staged for me to enjoy. They completely strip away the element of reality that photography is so good at including. The scenes that Wall/Crewdson setup are still much more grounded in reality than something like
>>3204178That quality is what makes me interested in a photograph and regardless of whether or not you like the images from earlier in the thread I think it's still true that their meaning/purpose is too immediate, but if that's the characteristic that makes you enjoy it then so be it.