Interesting question Bob,
My father was into photography - developing and all - before we children
showed up. Yet he continued to shoot still and movies as we grew up...
so I guess I inherited that from him.
There is no one photo or photographer that I can point to, but I do
recall reading Life and Look magazines and truly enjoying the photos in
them. So they were probably the catalyst.
I cannot recall my first camera - neither can my folks - I just recall
shooting b/w as a kid... The 35mm did not come until adulthood.
César
Panama City, Florida
in transit to NYC
Bob W wrote:
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?
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Cheers,
Bob
