Edward Weston used a variety of different cameras and lenses, see the Daybooks. I thought about Carteir-Bresson but he didn't begin using a Leica until 1932 so he must have used something else before that. And just from looking at the photographs in the book "Henri Cartier-Bresson - the man, the image, and the world" it seems highly unlikely that he used only a single lens. Misrach I don't know about, I'm not that familiar with him or his work and I have no references that provide any detail about his working methods.
Brian Ellis
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticize them you'll be
a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
guys like weston and cartier bressson used more than one widget during their lifetimes, but they typically stuck with a single, simple setup for the duration of a project ... which in some cases meant decades.
i don't think anyone needs to look at this as a mandate to sell all your toys. but it's a gentle reminder of what's possible when you're driven by a clear vision rather than gear collection lust.
Yeah but you got to hand to anyone who could still make a decent picture without their Arca-Swiss/Ebony/Carbon Fiber/110XL. Cripes they didn't even have Enzio monitors back then.
I think this is getting to the dead horse point. All I asked was who all these great photographers were who used only one camera and one lens. I didn't take anything as a mandate to sell any toys, nor did I question the fact that it's possible to make great photographs with a single camera and lens.
Brian Ellis
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticize them you'll be
a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
"Dead Horse Point" is a GREAT photo location! (Canyonlands NP)
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You could make a single focused theme about someone beating a dead horse....
Actually Dead Horse Point is not in Canyonlands NP. It is in Dead Horse State Park. But they are next door to each other
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