Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

[Richard Wasserman]

Les Krims "Making Chicken Soup", "The Deerslayers", "The Little People of America"

Not as serious and dour as August Sander, et al...

[tomjohnson]

Mary Ellen Mark. The best there was.

[Sfroza]

Mary Ellen Mark. The best there was.

True.

[jnantz]

I wouldn't study photographers at all; instead I'd look at painting and film.
Look at films by Kurosawa, the Coen Brothers, Brothers Quay, Renoir, David Lynch
and any paintings you can get your eyes on. If you just "study photographers"
you won't be going to "the source"

Good Luck !
John

[mdarnton]

Cartier-Bresson made his living doing environmental portraits before they were a thing, and his are wonderful.

[CantikFotos]

You might want to check out the work of Kurt Edward Fishback. He was done some very important work.

https://fishbackphotography.com/#/ga.../brett-weston/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Edward_Fishback

[MusicalPhotog]

Cartier-Bresson made his living doing environmental portraits before they were a thing, and his are wonderful.

Second this! He's always been one of my favorites.

[Bob Salomon]

Cartier-Bresson made his living doing environmental portraits before they were a thing, and his are wonderful.

If you really like him I have the first editions of the Decisive Moment and Moscow!

[Ulophot]

Thanks much for the Fishback links. Lots to learn form this man's eye and imagination.

[johnmsanderson]

What about Milton Rogovin?