The Long Needed Inspiration Thread

[NE.]

On Assignment from renan ozturk on Vimeo.

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[HWW]

Yes! Stumbled upon some of her work last week, definitely check out her website, she takes the most incredible portraits I've ever seen. Light and colour in all her pictures are amazing.

 

[HWW]

Was that meant as a positive thing, as in she shoots this style really well, or as in you think that too many people do it and you don't like it so much?

Her wedding photos are extremely good, have you seen any?

 

[zbphoto]

Yeah her wedding photos are amazing!

I wasn't really thinking that far when I said that TBH. I kind of dislike her blown highlights, but that isn't a big deal and you kind of expect that with high contrast digital files. I just think it's a really popular style of editing, separate from compositional style which I think she absolutely nails!

 

[zbphoto]

All hail Kirk Mastin:

http://mastinstudio.com/blog/2012/11/rattlesnake-ridge-engagement-photography/

 

[Ethan.G]

Agreed, I'm quite a fan of it though. Sometimes the blown out portions can be a little overwhelming but I think it gives it a much more natural look. Think of all the bright days where you get a glimpse of the sun and your vision gets blown out a little while looking at other object between the sun and your eyes.

That's just my personal take though, I think it's pretty cool.

 

[hollygrove]

Probably not any of you kids style, but Alec Soth is my number 1 right now - only shoots 8x10.

 

[zbphoto]

Absolutely amazing!

American Tintype from Matt Morris Films on Vimeo.

More of his alt process:

http://harrytaylorphoto.com/tintypes-and-ambrotypes

 

[plorr]

Call me a hipster, but I love everything Wes Anderson does. His films have this weird ability to make me incredibly happy and sad at the same time.

Wes Anderson // From Above from kogonada on Vimeo.

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[GHardie]

A great deal of my inspiration comes from http://abduzeedo.com/. Everyday they post a "Daily Inspiration" article that is just a list of awesome Graphic Design, Photography and Architecture. If you're into design at all definitely check this out.

 

[DrZoidberg]

http://johnbattaglia.net/portfolio.html

John Battalia is so good.

 

[plorr]

Wanna keep this bumped to break up the cluster fuck of "what gear should I buy?" threads.

This trailer has some amazing cinematography and was shot with a GH2, 11-16, and a couple vintage nikon primes. He used some cool little techniques while shooting to get around his shoestring budget, with very professional looking results.

http://www.artofthestory.com/filmmaker-interview-gami-orbegoso-creator-of-musgo/



Musgo Trailer from Gami Orbegoso on Vimeo.

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[TijmenDal]

Totally agreed! I fucking LOVE Wes Anderson. I didn't know he was a director loved by hipsters.

Couple other photographers I love:

René Burri

Andre Kertesz

Garry Winogrand

Elliot Ewitt

 

[Sklar]

INSIVITY - CHRIS BURKARD from The Tablet Gurus on Vimeo.

 

[4ReeL_]

SILVER & LIGHT from Ian Ruhter : Alchemist on Vimeo.

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[[~_~]]

Wes Anderson is the poster child for hipster cinema. Although I don't necessarily agree, since the term "hipster" has lost all meaning and is mostly used by people who feel threatened by the resurgence of borrowed culture.

Still, I have a love/hate relationship with his films. Some are amazing, while others I can't stand. I still have yet to see Moonrise Kingdom; it looks really good.

 

[zbphoto]

He also shoots a ton of 8x10 wet plates with a view camera. I absolutely love wet plate!

 

[JuliusJ]

Not sure if this goes here, but I really do like to see Philippe Halsman's work. He's photographed ton of celebrities back in the day. I went to the Dalí museum last Christmas sorta by chance and stumbled into the room full of Halsman's photos and was seriously in awe. I had seen them before, but god damn they were cool to see large prints of them. Weird and cool portraits.

 

[zbphoto]

Wish I'd been out early enough to attend the showings, oh well, still have the Pro Photographer Showdown in April!

Russell Dalby Deep Winter Slideshow 2013 from russell dalby on Vimeo.

 

[SamColby]

sorry to bump an old (ish) thread but this thread is a fucking gold mine. I had to contribute...this video i found pretty inspirational, for photography that is

South West Light - A Photographer's Perspective from Michael Fletcher on Vimeo.

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[SamColby]

Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.

/images/flash_video_placeholder.pngthe coloring in this is really just perfect..this video is gorgeous in everyway.

 

[zbphoto]

Everything about Ed Templeton:

Ed Templeton: A Professional Skateboarder Turns Artist from Leica Camera on Vimeo.

http://www.toymachine.com/ed/

http://tinyvices.com/gallery/ed-templeton

 

[zbphoto]

ARTO FOTO

http://www.artosaari.com

 

[MaxBerkowitz]

Margus Riga. I love his style.

 

[plorr]

This thread doesn't get bumped enough.

Discovered Yuki Ishikawa on Flickr the other day. Pretty much all photos of his daughter. Really powerful set of images though.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjjaoyama/

Also, if you're ever feeling lazy about getting and and shooting, think about Jeff Harris:



Jeff Harris: 4,748 Self-Portraits and Counting from We Know Music on Vimeo.

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[bo0b]

That video was genuinely inspiring, this thread is awesome.

 

[Joshua.]

I just watched every video in this thread. *~feeling inspired~*

But seriously, I love this thread. Big thanks to Zach for curating all of the stuff he has posted.

 

[zbphoto]

Thanks for the bump guys, totally forgot i made this...

 

[Dwarftosser1]

This thread needs to be bumped more

Jonas Bendiksen:

His skiing stuff is admittably not the best but his ability to transcend "genres" is wonderful

 

[TijmenDal]

Trent Parke.

 

[1337]

 

[No.Quarter]

I need some inspriation right now, because after getting my last couple of rolls back I feel like I am fucking horrible. Thank god for this thread.

 

[Tikayt]

I am surprised nobody mentioned Sebastao Salgado yet. I guess I am the only inspired by him, I'm sure you'll be inspired too.

Here are a few shots.

 

[teineke]

Here is a wet plate photo taken of me. We shot about five that day. It is still in water and taken with my cell phone so the image is a little crappy.

 

[Brock.]

The story behind one of my favourite projects, Infra by Richard Mosse.

Richard Mosse: The Impossible Image from Frieze on Vimeo.

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[TijmenDal]

I love Salgado. Have you bought Genesis yet? Such an amazing book. And it's pretty cheap too.

 

[cydwhit]

Little bit of an annoying presentation but it helped inspire me to do more work.

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[bigbromskier]

The Great Discontent does interviews with all sorts of arts people from music to art to illustration to design to businessmen/women. really interesting hearing about their process, how they get into what they're doing, their inspiration, their personal pursuits, etc etc. People from all walks, but who are all in some way involved with creative fields.

there's usually a new one each week. http://thegreatdiscontent.com

Pat Perry is by far my favorite artist. he's a great follow on instagram and reading about his purpose and ambitions is beyond inspiring! www.patperry.net

I have this hanging on my wall:

His attention to detail is astounding.

 

[Dwarftosser1]

M&A could use a little of this right now...

Romi Perbawa's photos of child jockeys in Indonesia:

 

[1337]

Allow me to pull from my inspiration folder in my bookmarks:

[video]http://vimeo.com/92361467[/video]

Arto Saari's Tumblr:
http://artosaari.tumblr.com/

Chris Burkard's website:
http://www.burkardphoto.com/

Tal Roberts has some really awesome action stuff:
http://talroberts.com/action/

 

[1337]

Continuing with non-action sport related stuff... Michael Kenna's nature and landscape stuff is unreal. So clean and his use of light is beautiful:
http://www.michaelkenna.net/gallery2.php?id=11

 

[jpastor]

amazing stuff everyone, i need to set a weekend aside and watch all of these videos, some truly amazing stuff

 

[jpastor]

also just found this

 

[jpastor]

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http://vimeo.com/62917185

 

[Balto]

Jacob Aue Sobol

John Sypal

 

[Lou.]

Threads

 

[ForeverYung]

Slang Aperture posted up a little was a fucking great video

 

[1337]

Slang Aperture posted up a little was a fucking great video

Glad you liked it! I can't remember how I found it but I thought it was good stuff

Here's the latest "Let Us Roam"

[video]https://vimeo.com/96212922[/video]

 

[Meases_Pieces]

I am coming at this from the illustration, comic, visual art practice side of things but I have a folder of things that I find on the internet that I really enjoy. Here is a bit of it.

Kurt Vonnegut:

Bluebeard, slaughterhouse 5, breakfast of champions, cats cradle

"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand."

Sandman by Neil Gaiman

Sam Alden's Comics
http://dubblebaby.blogspot.com/
http://gingerlandcomics.com/

Fine Art

Lee Friedlander

Roy Lichtenstein

Takashi Murakami

Tugboat Printshop
http://www.tugboatprintshop.com/index.htm

Hayao Miyazaki

Film:

I am also really in to Japanese Aesthetics and the intersection between Zen Buddhist ideas and art. printmaking, water and ink painting, food, tea, architecture.

Zen and the Art of Archery is a great book to read if you are interested.

I haven't updated my tumblr in a while but here it is alsohttp://asamease.tumblr.com/

 

[TijmenDal]

Luigi Ghirri has been really inspirational lately. Love his work.