Saw Salgado’s exhibition too and it was very pleasant.
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Joe taught me my technical camera craft and everything useful I know about image processing. A brilliant photographer.
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I would also add David Ward to that list. Technically another brilliant photographer (again grew up in Advertising / car photography).
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I suspect that you are a high ranking civil servant, a plant from the cabinet office tasked with delivering the deliverables on evidence-based photography. I’m half expecting to hear you being interviewed by Sarah Montague on The World at One either today or Monday. She’ll ask you what you are doing to ensure targets on evidence-based photography are being met. In the interests of editorial balance, @badger1 will also be invited on.
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I’ll investigate. I subscribe to Outdoor Photography magazine. I find some of the ‘lesser-known’ photographers featured quite inspirational.
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Here’s our photo book library we use as inspiration/influences. The usual suspects, but some outliers for anyone interested!
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My photography book shelf doubles up as a sound diffuser / room treatment 
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You have a very vivid imagination.
Was that a Monty Python inspired post.
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Great set of photographs I could quite easily look at photos of every genre all day and still not get bored thanks sir kevster
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I’m doing a second visit to Lee’s home Farley House - the tour of the house and galleries is highly recommended.
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As I mentioned, Joe Cornish taught me much of my camera craft over the last twenty years. His latest video. He normally shoots technical camera/phase but has done an excellent series of videos with Sigma using his Sony.
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I have a passion for abstract photography and art. Aaron Siskind’s work was seminal in the development of abstract photography, especially his graffiti work. Great inspiration.
Grand Central Terminal. I used to commute to work through there.
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stunning, thanks
Martin
I particularly enjoy taking, and looking at, landscape and wildlife photographs. I have to commend both IanF and JamieWednesday as two of the NaimForum photographers whose contributions are inspiring to me.
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Also enjoy Michael Kenna’s work.
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Of course there is also Martin Parr who has been in the news a lot over the last few days following his passing.
Although not purely photographers per se, I have learned a lot from some of the great directors, that I have applied to my photography.
Terrence Malick movies taught me to always pay attention to the background, and include interesting secondary subjects.
Sergio Leone movies taught me perspective and interesting angles.
Stanley Kubrick movies taught me framing and impact.
I just love this scene by Leone.
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Yes fabulous scene and great movie (butchered by the producers if I recall)
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