which photographer would you want to talk with?

I can't pick one. Or two. But I think it would be great to sit in a room with, say, a half dozen or so greats. Maybe each from a different era. And then listen to them discuss something like "What did photography finally mean to you? Why did you pursue it for all those years?"
 
Robert Capa!
I read a biography and found the stories inside fascinating. Survived Spanish Civil War, WWII or also Egypt. Spent much time with soldiers in the first row.
Knew many other famous people like Hemingway, Bergmann, Steinbeck ...
Had a very interesting and also troublesome life.
 
Denton said:
Lots of names given, good resource for one like me who has done lots of shooting/printing but too little time to properly appreciate what the greats have done.

Perhaps not quite so famous, but I'd jump at the chance to talk with Helen Hill and Marek Fogiel, two members whose images I really connect with.
Cheers and keep shooting.
Denton
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Oh Wow Denton , just saw this ... :eek:
.I'm Blushing
How wild of You to think of Me
Mind You, I too would love to meet Marek

If your ever in NYC, Give me a Holler
Best & Thank You - H
 
Bert Hardy, Bob Carlos Clarke both deceased and Brian Harris, formerly of the Independent, when they used primarily black and white film shots.
 
d_ross said:
Tina Modotti, she was a great artist, an interesting person and sexy as hell. I'd spend the day talking to her and photographing her.

by the way what is a decreased photographer :)
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Yes.
www.theguardian.com

‘She’s hard to pin down’: the ‘avant-garde It girl’ who became a revolutionary photographer

Tina Modotti moved in the same circles as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo but, until now, little was known of the artist and activist whose work was galvanised by her politics
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I’d enjoy sitting down and talking to RFF member Peterman1; I admire his dedication to his style of photography. Additionally, the way he deals with petty criticism from other members is an example of maturity and class that I’d like to emulate.

All the best,
Mike
 
Robert Capa, sure.
Lee Miller
Alfred Stieglitz
Edward Weston

David Burnett
David Plowden
Chris Stein - better known as the guitarist for Blondie but is an accomplished photographer.

St. Ansel and let him have fun with my digital camera since he predicted he'd love them in one of his last books.
 
I 'd have loved the possibility of a chat with photographers I admire but find also enigmatic. First and foremost, Atget. Thanks to Szarkowski a lot has been deciphered but it'd still be great to hear him talk on what made him tick. Similarly for Kertesz, Brassai, Frank. I 'd have added HCB, Eggleston, and Winogrand but they all had perfected the act of talking without revealing anything.
 
Atget, Evans, Frank, Friedlander, Szarkowski, etc., etc. The whole lineage of documentary photography as art photography.

Probably Richard Benson would be my first choice. Simply because he knew so much about printing and making photographs look their best.
 
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