Wow! It's been a long time. The photograph that most impressed me, which is why I remeber it to this day I'm sure, was a B&W of an old man sitting at a table. A wide angle lens was used and the emphasis was placed on his knarled and wrinkled "working hands". Can't remember where or when I saw it, perhaps one of you knows the one I'm speaking of. Haven't any idea (anymore) who the photographer was.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: What inspired you? > > > Hi, > > I sent an email yesterday about Cartier-Bresson being inspired by > Munkacsi's > photo of the boys running into the surf. I got to thinking about the photo > which first made me aware of photography, and the first photographer whose > name I actively sought out and remembered. > > In the early 1970s I was at boarding school, where we had the newspapers > delivered every day. I remember seeing this photograph in, I think, the > Sunday Times. I made a deliberate effort to memorise the photographer's > name, and started to look out for more of his photographs: > http://tinyurl.com/cn2sr. > > It made me aware that photography could be something beyond the prosaic. I > still find this photograph very interesting, mysterious and inspiring. > > What photographs and photographers were your first inspiration? > > -- > Cheers, > Bob >
