I adore his use of color, bringing a more vibrant touch into what some people might see as mundane, industrial, cold. That is something i have been looking at yet to fully capture in my own artwork. so the series of works that really capture me were the ones themed around China. especially the top one with the waste all of the beautiful reds and greens is like a living color palette of paints. then you have something like the very bottom piece which has these splashes of red just constantly bringing your eyes into the center.

Philippe Halsman

ah yes good ol Halsman,

I found his photography quite strange. in the sense that, he has a very artistic touch when it comes to capturing the personality of the subject like for example this one above of Alfred Hitchcock who was known for his suspense in film. yet by having the bird where it is you eye flow will always move from the right along the line and to the main subject. he puts heaps of thought into each and every composition, and personality of the subject. i assume, he must then be a very social person.

This shot, is a great example of how sharp and powerful his black and white contrasts are, and once again he uses great composition by having your eye flow from the toes to the face.

Again another amazing photographer, he's more known for this still jump shots but i find the contrasting black and whites far more interesting than capturing something in motion.

Michael Wesely

A man who use's insane exposure times, with the movement of light creates beautiful pieces of work.
which actually, when i look at these specific shots realize that he's had a huge influence on not only photography but on much concept art (matte paintings to be specific) with the drawn lines and overlapping buildings it gives his work an interesting rawness. i thin out of all the photographers, this is probably my favorite, especially considering he used a pinhole camera for much of the work as-well.

Joey Lawrence

A picture says a thousand words, his work is remarkable i feel it's commercialism at it's finest, everything is so well rendered, the soft lighting, with great compositions using a nice eye flow along edged objects, i think his work is vastly inspiring.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Frankly, i find most of Hiroshi's work to be quite boring, the compositions are fine, the lighting is beautiful but the subject matter and the subjects them selves aren't very interesting to me. i suppose, the concept it's self is fine. he puts heaps of work into each series bring fourth certain issues within the world. how ever, i find these 3 pieces to be quite interesting, i like the emptiness that they betray, the beautiful lighting within the atmospheric perspective in the last one really makes foreground pop.

Photography Research; Ansel Adams Introduction: Ansel Easton Adams 1902- 1984 An Environmentalist and Photographer mostly known for black and white landscape Photographs of the American West.

i found his work to be very inspiring, the one that spoke to me the most was one of the lesser epic landscapes, an architectural photo of the Acoma Pueblo adobe house in New Mexico.
the thing that captures me with his work, is that he manages to capture light beautifully within a black and white composition.
i find it interesting, normally the mood that a black and white photo would move at-least for me is a more slightly more melancholic tone, but with Ansel Adams his photography has shown me that you can still bring a living world into black and white, which is what i especially found in the top photo, it captures the movement of clouds and nature its self.