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14 Photography Masters

November 13, 2008

Since the very beginning of Abduzeedo, our team has been bringing cool photography inspiration for you. We've featured many awesome photographers, from the ones with innovative techniques to oldschool guys, and all that. And today we've made a list. We love lists. :)

From classic Alberto Korda to hyped Dave Hill, our list actually ins't that long, but we've tried to remember the photographers that inspired us in some way... and at the end, the magic number was 14. Of course there are more photo masters out there, and we wish to hear from you. Do you know a Photography Master we've missed? Drop a comment! Hope you all enjoy our selection! Cheers! ;)

Pouya Dianat







Paul Armstrong







Joey Lawrence







Dave Hill







Brett Walker







Jesh de Rox







Alberto Korda







Catherine Nikola







Burçin Esin







Nick Brewer







Michael Grecco







Drew Gardner







Peter Yang







John Paul Arlington







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Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, a 25 years old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I work as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobbie for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.

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50 Comments

Abner11/13/2008

Fora do Ninho
Mestres, realmente.

Busby11/13/2008

Cool! But i think they are all edited

1deomatik11/13/2008

the last mistake piece by esin is one of my favorite photos!!!!
so so so good
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Rodygo11/13/2008

=O
I see the last of Drew in the Guiness Book... it's awesome!

leocda11/13/2008

Some are nice photos, others are nice compositions.

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blacker design11/13/2008

Crappy timing for a post like this, got a freaking exam coming up haha, some great stuff over there tho i must say that some of these photographers have a very unique style, there are a lot of "unkown" photographers that preform really well, whats the diff between them and these? The true fact is that they are juts not well know or famous if you will....

But some nice inspiration over here..

Thanks

http://flickr.com/photos/alexanderblacker/

Daniel11/13/2008

http://www.flickr.com/people/yyellowbird

Every picture of this girl looks really interesting.

Nemida11/13/2008

You missed David Hamilton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hamilton_(photographer)
He was the first one who started with that blurred photos..

Dainis Graveris11/13/2008

Soooo beautiful list.. that's why I became a designer - Dave Hill is my favorite artist..:)

Jason WEst11/14/2008

Wow, now those are without doubt some truly amazing photos.

Jess
www.internet-anonymity.net.tc

Online TV11/14/2008

Joey Lawrence as in the guy from Blossom? That last pic in his set was really nice. I think I'm partial to Pouya Dianat, whose work stood out the most.

zmedia11/14/2008

it's hard to shoot digital without passing it through imaging software...
for that matter, these talents really are masters!

kali2rk11/14/2008

Cool

Martin11/14/2008

KEEP UP WITH THIS PHOTOGRAPHY INSPIRATION!!! Really cool tips and data!!

el memo11/14/2008

hey you people forgot about the best ever, Estevan Oriol

Joanna11/14/2008

Wonderful photographs! Very inspirations.
Thank you!

Unreal Media11/14/2008

Very nice shots.

horizontal_hold11/14/2008

the vast majority are well and truly over-manipulated.

photoshop and it's ilk has a lot to answer for by making people believe that a well manipulated photograph was of any consequence in the first place.

you can probably take any photo nowadays and with a little knowledge and the right plugin make it look interesting.

if you ran this under the heading 14 master manipulators i'd be more inclined to say great!

female model11/14/2008

This is it does not get any better...

Feldwebel Wolfenstool11/14/2008

Not a one on my list....

Anonymous11/14/2008

These photographs are ok, I wouldn't necessarily say they are all photography masters. Check out Robert and Shana Parkeharrison.

Mark J Rebilas11/14/2008

Very nice collection of photographers. Pouya is a photo god.

Mark
www.markjrebilas.com/blog

ntopics11/14/2008

Cool collection of photos. The wolves and prey looks scary,
and the computer geeks are slick.

thanks from tony

Blagoj11/14/2008

Great list. I discovered Paul Armstrong some time ago on Flickr. Forgot to bookmark him, wasn't able to visit him again. Now your list is like a gift to me. Thanks for bringing him back. Respect to the rest on the list.

Martin - koelsch-woerterbuch.de11/14/2008

Whow, great photos! i'm speechless.

Sevlar11/14/2008

Some good choices. Here are some for the future perhaps.

Gregory Crewdson
Albert Watson
Jeremy Cowart
Jill Greenburg
Patrick Hoelck
William Coupon
Dan Winters

Keep up the good work!

Herzeleyd11/14/2008

WoW, fantastic selection!

Lane11/14/2008

Wonderful photographs! Very inspirations.
Thank you!

erichansa11/14/2008

What about anyone from VII photo? Dahl-Wolfe, Ansel Adams, Dave Duncan, Furuya, Lartigue McCullin, Friedlander, Felix Man, Henri-fucking-Cartier-Bresson? The "Decisive Moment"?!!!!? Jesus fucking Christ.

Designer11/14/2008

STUNNING!!!!!!!!

Chris Hattery11/14/2008

Awesome. Nick Brewer has good anti-gravity shots

John11/14/2008

'Masters' is a pretty heavy term. I know one of these guys personally and while talented, he wouldn't call himself a master. And I don't know Joey L, but I do know he's something like 20 years old and definitely does not quality as a master of anything. I agree with some of the comments above, these are more exercises in photoshop than in photography, but this blog is more about Photoshop, so I guess it makes sense.

elevenhearts11/16/2008

Burcin Esin's work is so intimate, wonderful!

manufotos11/17/2008

the collection of photos ,are is perfect,and very good works of the all photografer,is marvellous,congratulations for website abduzeedo. y liked the series of the photos!

freshalex11/18/2008

Very inspirational !

Shino from Japan11/19/2008

This is amazing photographs.
Thanks a lot.

Jitendra Singh11/21/2008

Superb pics !!! Obama's gr8.

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Trendlike11/22/2008

Lol, very nice pics.

Jithin11/22/2008

amazing collection...love it.

Neo Tyrael11/22/2008

Amazing. Just amazing... Every pic is excelent, 10/10!

Igor Alekseev11/24/2008

awesome compilation! Thank you!

seventhson11/28/2008

nice pict, im trying to be one of them :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seventhson/

Sayan11/29/2008

Work of inspiration. And yes I agree with my friend Dainis Graveris, i.e, you missed David Hamilton. He is a genius too. Anyway keep up the good work going.

Andy C12/20/2008

I would hardly call cut and pasted daisies a stroke of a "master"

__R_E_A_L_M__02/06/2009

AMIZING STUFF!!! MASTERS OF COURSE!!!!! I WANT TO NAME ONE TO: GABRIEL FIGUEROA

http://www.gabrielfigueroa.com/

Basisrente03/23/2009

WOW! Great Pics! Thx!

Andy J04/27/2009

Masters might be a little over the top... But pretty good in most cases...

Check out www.ginkgostudios.com & www.stewart-smith.com

Interesting new styles there.

A.

ellen08/19/2009

I love your chosen pictures, I do not give out compliments easily, these are just brilliant pictures! thanks for sharing!!!

Charles B10/08/2009

I'm impressed by the photos - how in the world did you manage to get the copyright to use all of them? Must have cost you a fortune!

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