Back in the late 80s when I was coming up, there would be trendy "stars" in the photo world that would get a lot of attention and work for a few years and then fade away as new trends came along to replace them - or they just made so much money they retired to Santa Fe or ran off with some young assistant and had a super expensive divorce, etc.
The guy who sold all that light painting stuff and the guy who shot wide-angle dogs with gels come to mind....
Anyway I stumbled across Geoff Kern again and can see he is still working at a high level. Probably not large format for everything but still inspirational:
http://www.geofkern.com
Rodney Smith was big around the same time, I don't see as much growth but he still does such clean work:
http://www.rodneysmith.com
Hugh Kretschmer was big and then he got quiet but it looks like he is back, a bit overly commercial and corny but gotta make money I guess:
http://www.hughkretschmer.net
Simon Larbalestier did the Pixies album covers and some really strange cool work. He seems to have switched 180 degrees and shoots humanitarian documentary photos in SE Asia. Interesting career:
http://www.simon-larbalestier.co.uk
Who are your old-school favorites that are still working hard?
I know they may not be shooting large format nowadays but these guys all did back in prehistoric times.
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