Some Great Black and White Photographers
All photographers need inspiration. Here are some of my favourite black and white photographers, past and present:
Ansel Adams
www.anseladams.com
Perhaps
the world’s best known black and white landscape photographer, Ansel
Adams is remembered for his beautiful photos of the American landscape.
Adams was a master of black and white printing processes and pioneered
the zone system, a method of analysing exposure to produce high quality
black and white prints.
MartÌn Chambi
www.martinchambi.com
A
Peruvian photographer based in Cusco who photographed the beautiful
Andean landscapes and the indigenous people of the Sacred Valley of the
Incas.
Bob Carlos Clarke
http://www.bobcarlosclarke.com/
An
English erotic photographer who sadly comitted suicide a few years ago,
Bob Carlos Clarke was recognised as a brilliant commercial and erotic
photographer.
Karsh
www.karsh.org
Karsh was the pre-eminent portrait photographer of his time. His subjects include Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemmingway.
David DuChemin
www.pixelatedimage.com (See the Ladakh and Classic India galleries)
Travel
photographer David DuChemin has a beautiful portfolio of black and
white photos taken in Nepal and Tibet. His images of buddhist monks are
timeless and evocative.
Andrew Farrington
www.andrewfphotography.com
One hat wonders
Polaroids (flickr)
One hat wonders (flickr)
London
based fashion and advertising photographer Andrew Farrington has a
brilliant portfolio of black and white images. He often works on the
ëedges’ of the limitations of light and equipment, introducing blur and
camera shake into his photos.
Nick Brandt
www.nickbrandt.com
Fine art photographer Nick Brandt is famous for his black and white photos of African animals and landscapes.
Zhang Jingha
www.zhangjingna.com Flickr
(Mixture of color and black and white images).
A
freelance photographer from Singapore, Zhang’s black and white
portraits and fashion photos are simply beautiful. (www.zemotion.net)
Lara Jade Coton
www.larajade.co.uk Flickr
(Mixture of colour and black and white images).
This young English photographer has created her own unique black and white style.
Xavi Fuentes
www.xavifuentes.com
A beautiful portfolio of seascapes.
Zoriah
www.zoriah.net
Zoriah
is a photojournalist who travels to the world’s conflict zones and
troublespots, recording the stories of the people whose lives are
affected by political and economic turmoil.
