Richard Avedon
Can't say i find huge inspiration in Avedon's work, but i definitely respect him as a photographer and for the impact he had on fashion photography. He kind of reminds me the main character from Blowup by Antonioni, heh. Very successful, innovative in the fields he specialized and knows exactly what his weaknesses are. Recommended watch - Richard Avedon - Darkness and Light (its quite irritating at the beginning, very 'american' way of movie-making, but once Avedon walks in and starts talking it gets much better). That's probably his best known photography: Bee Man, 1994 And my two favourite celebrity shots: Nastasjja Kinsky and the Serpent, 1981 [originally in colour] Charlie Chaplin - His Last Day in America, 1952 There's some really interesting stories behind both of those images, apparently Kinsky was fascinated with snakes and she was posing for that picture for hours until it finally kissed her, Chaplin (as the title of t...