[ialmrnt5]

Underrated :

Marcus Ohlsson, I've started to like him after his Velvet spread w/ Lonneke, he is much more talented than a lot of other fashion photographer out there who are more successful than him.





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Overrated :

Juergen Teller, his images aren't very good in terms of fashion photography, I love them they just aren't good at selling clothes I don't think- he should stick to books, & some of his blurry work bothers me.

[Joseph26]

Overrated

1 - Steven Meisel,amazing and spectacular but he doesn't have a signature style, everything is like copied from others.

2 - Ellen Von Unwerth, Helmut Newton wannabe.

3 - Mario Testino, he has certain talent but not as to be a master of the photography like Avedon or Penn.

4 - Mert & Marcus, without all that photoshop and software what we have? nothing relevant.


Underrated

1 - Matthew Rolston2 - Philipp Dixon

[Joseph26]

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Originally Posted by ialmrnt5 Underrated : Marcus Ohlsson, I've started to like him after his Velvet spread w/ Lonneke, he is much more talented than a lot of other fashion photographer out there who are more successful than him.

Hans Feurer has been shooting pictures like that since the 70's.

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here a big list of underrated photographers made by AMERICAN PHOTO Magazine, includes Chris von Wangenheim, Denis Piel, Matthew Rolston, Bill King, Alex Chatelain ...


http://www.popphoto.com/americanphot...otography.html

[ialmrnt5]

^ Oooh I loved his spread w/ Erin Wasson for Vogue Paris, the punk looking one. Did he die? I never see his work in mags anymore.

[Diamond Star]

Overrated-Juergen teller
Terry Richardson

[metal-on-metal]

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Originally Posted by ialmrnt5 ^ Oooh I loved his spread w/ Erin Wasson for Vogue Paris, the punk looking one. Did he die? I never see his work in mags anymore.

No he's still alive. He shoots for Mixte.

[MissAnia]

Overrated - David LaChapelle. I dislike his photography so much. Tacky.

[MulletProof]

^oi, me too.
what bothers me is that he's really believed to be like the king of fashion photography among people who are not that into fashion, my cousin's girlfriend was studying fashion design in San Diego and I remember her saying that David LaChapelle was what fashion is all about.
I guess it's that super glossy, I'm-so-original-by-shooting-couture-and-extravagant-makeup-in-the-middle-of-a-supermarket/old factory/etc line of work what annoys me the most about other photographers like David, Meisel and Mert and Marcus.. it feels so passé yet everyone keeps them on high regard for some reason.

I don't know much about the underrated, I'd love to see Vanina Sorrenti working more on big publications, same for Bettina Komanda and Will Davidson, Ola Rindal.. Carlotta Manaigo..

Manaigo.






rindal.


will davidson.


Camille Vivier.

[willdavidson.com/olarindal.com/birdproduction/carlottamanaigo.com]

[MulletProof]

...
two more that I consider to be 'underrated'.

jan welters.



vivianne sassen.

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[BerlinRocks]

Overrated : Camilla Akrans...
she's doing good photos but everything is taken from M&M... who are genius, to me... as Steven Meisel is...

Underrated : David Bailey... we always talk about Bourdin and Newton, but Bailey was a genius, too, in his time...

[papa_levante]

Underrated: Jeffrey Graetsch. He did the latest Plastique with Katarina Ivanovska that I thought was so beautiful. It was almost like a Halo videogame theme but so soft.

[Diamond Star]

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Originally Posted by BerlinRocks Underrated : David Bailey... we always talk about Bourdin and Newton, but Bailey was a genius, too, in his time...

Interesting...I'd say his work outside of the 60's is very underrated...he tends to be spoken of as a 60's photographer.

[Joseph26]

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Originally Posted by MulletProof ^oi, me too. what bothers me is that he's really believed to be like the king of fashion photography among people who are not that into fashion, my cousin's girlfriend was studying fashion design in San Diego and I remember her saying that David LaChapelle was what fashion is all about. [willdavidson.com/olarindal.com/birdproduction/carlottamanaigo.com]

I don't like LaChapelle' work but the man has his own signature style, that's what is important in fashion photography to be relevant, in 20, 30 years people will be remembering his pictures 'cause they are identifibale.

I don't know if David LaChapelle is what fashion is all about, maybe not, but he is what photography is about.

[Twice]

Underrated: Justin Cooper - http://www.justincooper.net/

Overrated: too many to mention.

[BetteT]

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Originally Posted by Joseph26 I don't like LaChapelle' work but the man has his own signature style, that's what is important in fashion photography to be relevant, in 20, 30 years people will be remembering his pictures 'cause they are identifibale. I don't know if David LaChapelle is what fashion is all about, maybe not, but he is what photography is about.

Well said, Joseph! I agree. And I don't love his work either ... but I sure do know it when I see the "LaChapelle style". And therefore, it's realevent.