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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Look at the paintings of Amadeo Modigliani and learn from him. He broke the canons of his time.
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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Arnold Newman, Douglas Kirkland, August Sander are three that come to mind.

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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    In our own forum, on the most recent page of "In Praise of 5x7" in the images thread, look at the posts from Don Dudenbostel, and the group portraits by Tin Can. Those are fine examples of environmental portraiture with a large format camera. For a published photographer, look at the work of Shelby Lee Adams, who has an extensive body of portraits he made in his home region of Appalachia using a 4x5 (I think one of the handheld Graphics).

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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Thanks for the Adams reference, Peter. Powerful work.
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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Duck Duck Go, my preferred alternative to Google, "envirnomental portraiture photography"
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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    The prints for https://thebeardedladyproject.com/portraits/ are currently on show at the Lawrence Hall of Science (UC Berkeley, California). Since a lot are done while performing field work, they are about as 'environmental' as one can get. I won't comment on the 'bearded' premise of the work.

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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Three books that have made it to my house and definitely inspired me;

    Blue Muse: Timothy Duffy's Southern Photographs

    Revealing Character by Robb Kendrick

    Harley Nation by Michael Pry

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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Martha casanave. Check out her book Trajectories: A Half Century of Portraits.

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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Also the work of Evelyn Hofer. Almost forgotten now, she did great work in the 1950s and 60s. See her books "London Perceived" and "Dublin: A Portrait".

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    Re: Learning about environmental portraiture - which photographers should I study?

    Struth family portraits are kind of cool

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