Lots of wonderful things happen around us all the time; being able to see is easy, but being able to capture that very moment is probably the hardest part. A good photo comprise of many things, not only you must hit the shutter at the right time and moment, the perspective, composition and color coordination plays a big role too.
Being a good photographer is not easy, let alone getting to that professional level. This weekend, we want you introduce you some of the greatest photographers around the globe and their awesome portfolios. We hope you’ll be able to get some sort of inspiration from their work. In no particular order, here’s 50 Great Photographers You Should Know. Full list after jump.
CirilJazbec
“Do everything for what you dream or think that is in your strenghts! There are hiding geniality, strength and magic in the courage.” CirilJazbec
David Lindsey Wade
David Lindsey Wade made a few important choices during his prime teen rebellious years. Raised by a pair of artist, his way of challenging his parents (who were already a bit off the grid) was to embrace his attraction to speed and excitement through his passion for machines.
Senol Zorlu
egofoto.net presents selected photographers by senol zorlu. The focus liew on potraying people, places and their cultures. egofoto is an independent and headstrong project. The photos display the expression of a personal view of people and instances.
Lee Towndrow
Lee Towndrow was a designer upon starting out. Made album covers. Was moved by kissing robots to become flame*artist. Built a darkroom, made bread (the kind you eat). Moved to Buenos Aires to try to grow up. Learned Spanish, loved, lost. Worked with great artists. Became a photographer.
Lyndon Wade
Lyndon Wade’s Vibrant compositions often depict subjects in a kind of suspended animation; their halted motion suggests a larger narrative in the space of a single incident.
Koen Demuynck
Interesting photography.
Sarah Cheng-De Winne
Sarah Cheng-De Winne is a freelance photographer-artist specializes in portraiture, fashion and conceptual photography and keen to discover new ways of representing identities through photography.
Cornelia Adams
Founded 20 years ago by Cornelia Adams, as an agency representing photographers whose work appeared as editorials in magazines.
Simon Hoegsberg
We’re All Gonna Die – 100 meters of existence. This image is 100 meters long (100mX78m) is surely one hell of a work.
Thomas Kettner
Thomas Kettner, photographer and BFF board member from Stuttgart, Germany. His talent: beauty, hair and fashion for women and men.
Andrew G. Hobbs
New Zealand born photographer, arrived in London from Sydney in 1992 to pursue a career in the international portrait market which has included covers for Esquire, Rolling Stones, The Sunday Times Style, editorial for i-D and etc.
Francois-Xavier Marciat
Francois-Xavier Marciat . Photographer . Expo . Photography . Landscapes and lovely vues . Belgium
Nicholas Samaras
Nicholas Samaras is a new underwater photographer, but he made an impressive entrance in underwater photography area in Greece and out of his country borders.
Alex Prager
Cinematic and darkly playful The Big Valley is a series of highly saturated staged portraits by Los Angeles based artist, Alex Prager.
Quentin Shih
A Chinese photographer based in Beijing, China, specializes in fine art, editorial, fashion, advertising photography.
Alessandro Rocchi
Alessandro Rocchi is an Italian photographer based in Pesaro (on Adriatic sea) near rimini and ancona. He does commercial work as well as ‘art’.
Simon Powell
Working mainly with models, Simon is renowned for his ease of style and real approach to commissions. He is passionate about his work and brings much more to shoots than just a photograph.
Carlo Bellavia
Carlo Bellavia’s portfolio is presented in the official website through a gallery of his most beautiful photos.
Zhang Jingna
Something Beautiful, a photography exhibition by Zhang Jingna
Hervé lefebvre
Hervé Lefebvre, specialist advertising photographer, is proud to present a selection from his current portfolio of different commissions (clients, magazines and agencies) and invites you also to preview some of his private work. His studio is based in Bordeaux.
Pierre Choiniere
Pierre Choiniere is a photographer based in Montreal.
Nobuyuki Kobayashi
Born in Japan in 1970. AFter graduating “The Technical School of Photography”, gained experience as a publishing and editing -related photographer before turning freelance in 1993.
Michael David Adams