Your 5 favorite large format COLOR photographers?

[K. Praslowicz]

I'm a big fan of Kip Praslowicz.

Excellent.

[Robert Brummitt]

Christopher Burkett
Charles Cramer
Clinton Smith
Elliot Porter
Ansel Adams
EW
Cole Weston (Big Sur photo is his best)
I even have seen some John Wimberley color images I thought "Interesting".

[Mark MacKenzie]

I love Eliot Porter, too, but I thought his photography was 35mm and dye transfer. I certainly might be mistaken.

EDIT: Appears I am mistaken. He used a Linhof 4x5 according to some website. I do know he did alot of bird photography with 35mm. A friend of mine called him "the Ansel Adams of color."

[David Schaller]

I love Eliot Porter, too, but I thought his photography was 35mm and dye transfer. I certainly might be mistaken.

EDIT: Appears I am mistaken. He used a Linhof 4x5 according to some website. I do know he did alot of bird photography with 35mm. A friend of mine called him "the Ansel Adams of color."

I believe he actually did some of the bird photography with LF cameras!

Here is a good description of Porter's dye transfer process:

http://www.cartermuseum.org/collecti...p?sec=dyetrans

[Mark MacKenzie]

Thanks for that link. Very interesting. There is a picture of Eliot Porter there with a Graphic View. Glad to see that endorsement! (I love my Graphic View!)

[pdmoylan]

Porter's bird photography at the nest was predominately 4x5 kodachrome. He used some Hasselblad and 35mm on occasion when it was best suited for the situation (Antarctica). Birds away from the nest were frequently with 35mm.

I am adding Dykinga, and O'Hara when he as shooting some 4x5 in the 80s for his National Park book series. Yes to Cramer and especially Carr Clifton whose digital work IMHO is of equal quality to his LF work.

There are a large collection of other LF shooters over the years whose color work was exceptional but are lost among the big hitters. Of course Philip Hyde had a wonderful eye.

It's interesting that David Meunch and others who shot for Arizona Highways are not among other's choices.

[David Karp]

Paul Schilliger

[biedron]

It's interesting that David Meunch and others who shot for Arizona Highways are not among other's choices.

Actually, he was on Peter Gomena's list. But I like his work an awful lot so count +1 or more

I also like Charles Cramer, Jack Dykinga and Carr Clifton

Of the locals, Jim Becia and Preston Birdwell come to mind

Bob

[h2oman]

If you we're gong to start leaning toward the Meunch/Dykinga school, the Brit Joe Cornish does some very nice work. And another vote for Paul Schilliger.

[Uri A]

Looks like people are divided into the Modernist gang and the Contemporary crowd.