your favourite photographs

magicbastarder

yours, if you want, but what are your favourite (or top your shortlist) photos?
may as well limit it to three.

i love this one, chez mondrian by andre kertesz:



and this one, linked cos it's almost 5MP; it's a gregory crewdson shot
http://www.fotomuseum.ch/presse/0606_GC/04.BeneathTheRoses,300dpi.jpg

and this shot was plastered around london on huge posters when i was there a few years back; it was phenomenally attention grabbing. loses impact at this small size. called charlotte, by adri berger:

PaulieC

it's a modern one, by anton corbijn. Clint makes a great subject

thefizz

Anything by Bill Schwab.

thebaz

Magic , i find that one of Charlotte freaky , what was the idea behind it -- ? eating disorders ?

oh for me -- so much of Cartiers work , can't pick one piece -- nearly anything

magicbastarder

thebaz wrote: »

Magic , i find that one of Charlotte freaky , what was the idea behind it -- ? eating disorders ?

schweppes portrait photography competition; it was showing in the national portrait gallery at the time.

thebaz

magicbastarder wrote: »

schweppes portrait photography competition; it was showing in the national portrait gallery at the time.

its certainly very striking , but disturbing

DadaKopf

Why disturbing? 'Cos of the freckles?

I remember seeing this in the competition book a few years ago.

magicbastarder

if you want to win a photo comp, schweppes is one of the most highly regarded; but they charge to enter. STG£15k first prize, though.

thebaz

DadaKopf wrote: »

Why disturbing? 'Cos of the freckles?

I remember seeing this in the competition book a few years ago.

the skeletal look -- don't get me wrong its a very strong image -- but i find that anorexic look , a little freaky

Xios

I can't find my fav image online, it's a pretty famous one, it's a photo of 3 soldiers hiding behind a wall of debris, and they're dwarfed by this huge explosion in the background, the soldiers are huddled up in the bottom right corner, i know it's from one of the Magnum photographers.

LiNgWiStIkZ

All of These

beans

I came across the work of Andrew Ilachinski when I was browsing around.



This is typical of his stuff, he's interested in complexity and emergence and other physicsy stuff. As of right now, it would rank up there amongst my very favourite images. It's hard to say why.

rahtkennades

LiNgWiStIkZ wrote: »

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Wow, some of those are fantastic. This one reminds me of a Constable painting (the Haywain or something?)

templeathea

This guy has consistently amazed me with the power of his work

http://www.terra.com.br/sebastiaosalgado/

Steyr

Hi all am new to this, here's three of mine.







Regards,

Dave.

bman

LiNgWiStIkZ wrote: »

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Absolutely brilliant!

LiNgWiStIkZ

rahtkennades wrote: »

Wow, some of those are fantastic. This one reminds me of a Constable painting (the Haywain or something?)

That's one of my favourites:D

Kilree

LiNgWiStIkZ wrote: »

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This guy should be banned from posting his photos!!! Makes me want to throw my camera in the bin.
Excellent.

ThOnda

and

beans

I was always under the impression it was a lady (Rarindra Prakarsa that is). Those shots always catch the eye on photo.net

Another shot that I would class as one of my favourites at the moment... let's see if I can find it...



I cant seem to post the image directly, which is a shame

Ideo

LiNgWiStIkZ wrote: »

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But do some of them not look like they have left the realms of reality and crosses into over-photoshoppery? I'll agree they are quite good but there is something that looks quite fake about them?

Steyr, I think you missed the point of this thread. Welcome to the forum though!

magicbastarder

how come all the god rays in that set come from top right?

RoryW

I came across exhibitions of the following two landscape photographers when in America a few months ago and enjoyed looking at their photos

Peter Lik
"As a completely self-taught artist, master photographer Peter Lik started in Australia and soon expanded his vision worldwide. Huge panoramic photographs of landscapes showcase the brilliant colors and elegant, spiritual terrain in Nature. These images speak for themselves and leave the casual viewer breathless"

http://www.peterlik.com/home.html

Rodney Lough
"Renowned for the vibrant colors and vivid textures of his wilderness and landscape photography, Rodney is a purist who captures what nature creates, using no color filters or darkroom deception."

http://www.theloughroad.com/

PaulieC

magicbastarder wrote: »

how come all the god rays in that set come from top right?

he had a problem configuring the God Ray plug-in .
I'm generally a big fan of the rays, but that just overdoing it...

vulcan57

Well here's three from me, maybe not the standard as some on here, but for me they are not bad.







Thanks

LiNgWiStIkZ

Ideo wrote: »

But do some of them not look like they have left the realms of reality and crosses into over-photoshoppery? I'll agree they are quite good but there is something that looks quite fake about them?

Steyr, I think you missed the point of this thread. Welcome to the forum though!

I suppose it's all down to preference. I can show this to my friend who would think these are amazing, yet another friend wouldn't like them because they're too photoshopped:rolleyes:

Fenster

This older IR of mine has really grown on me in the last week or so:



To explain it a little, this is a particular tree on a hill in Oranmore, Galway, that I have previously photographed at length at different times of year.

Steyr

Ideo wrote: »

Steyr, I think you missed the point of this thread. Welcome to the forum though!

Actually i think your wrong there, The OP magicbastarder said the following:

"yours, if you want, but what are your favourite (or top your shortlist) photos? may as well limit it to three."

So im well within the confines of this Topic as i have posted 3 of "MY" favourite pictures that i have taken.

PS Thanks for the Welcome.

magicbastarder

i was watching in the shadow of the moon the other night, and saw this photo on it; it's a photo charlie duke took on the apollo 16 mission, of a family photograph he left on the surface of the moon. i'd love to get this in a decent sized print.

nycman

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I always liked this one,Lunch break on top of the world:)

MagicMarker

LiNgWiStIkZ wrote: »

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Reminds me of the jungle book:D

melekalikimaka

[IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x52/ecstasy_lover/45b791c1.jpg i could post a million but i wont. dave lachapelle amazing stuff[/img]

MagicMarker

Years and years ago i bought Adore by the Smashing Pumpkins and in the album sleeve there were some fantastic photos.

This one always stuck in my head though, i lost the album and this is the first time i've found it on the internet, haven't seen it in years, too bad it's so small. It's most definitely one of my favourites though.



It was taken by Yelena Yemchuk who takes very dark gothic type photos. Unfortunately, this particular one isn't on her site.

Fenster

Recent favourite:

thebaz

the image from boards that had the biggest impact on me was this one from when i first started

http://www.flickr.com/photos/freeandflickr/278146854/

also loved Hughs shot of the beautifull Ethiopian woman

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughchal/2359221970/

Hope you don't mind me posting

Karsh's shot of Churchill sets a mark in portraiture
http://karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/winston_churchill/
has it been bettered in 60 years , even allowing for all the technical advances ?

0utpost31

LiNgWiStIkZ wrote: »

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Wow.

KJ_2008

My favourite. I took it in....okay, I didn't. But it makes me smile every time, no caption required, 'nuff said.

MagicMarker

thebaz wrote: »

Karsh's shot of Churchill sets a mark in portraiture

http://karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/winston_churchill/

has it been bettered in 60 years , even allowing for all the technical advances ?

That is fantastic, even more so with the story behind it.

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

i was watching in the shadow of the moon the other night, and saw this photo on it; it's a photo charlie duke took on the apollo 16 mission, of a family photograph he left on the surface of the moon. i'd love to get this in a decent sized print.

great thing about nasa being you can download a high res version of this pic:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/AS16-117-18841HR.jpg

but i may still buy the signed copy from the astronaut himself.

Hugh_C

Ideo wrote: »

But do some of them not look like they have left the realms of reality and crosses into over-photoshoppery? I'll agree they are quite good but there is something that looks quite fake about them?

Quite good?

They're friggin' masterpieces is what they are!




@thebaz, I'm really chuffed! Thanks for the compliment.

As for me, there's something really special about the BW work of Rui Palha from Portugal - his portraits and street photography are without parallel. Also a big fan of Miss Aniela and of course _rebekka, although she seems to have gone off the boil a bit recently. Up and commer Rebecca Finch is amazing.

Actually, if you look through Icelandic photographers, there seems to be whole bunch of them that are seriously talented - maybe it's all that sunlight during the arctic summer?

Deliverance XXV

KJ_2008 wrote: »

My favourite. I took it in....okay, I didn't. But it makes me smile every time, no caption required, 'nuff said.

I have that as a poster. You can practically see the fear on the defender's faces when Maradona lines up the ball. Pure class.

hussey

I really like street photography, and some shots I love are
http://www.in-public.com/picofthemonth/2004/March


and
http://www.in-public.com/picofthemonth/2003/October