Searching for the 20 most Influential Street Photographers for 2016
Introduction
About a year ago we asked you, our Streethunters.net Readers, to make a list. The list we wanted you to create was that of the 20 most Influential Street Photographers for 2015. In that post we asked you to nominate as many Street Photographers as you liked. The nominees that you named, then got added into a long list and we asked you to vote and from that vote we got the short list that was finally published.
The numbers from last year
So, last year we all nominated together 75 Street Photographers. Then you voted 21,137 times and from those 21,137 votes, 20 names stood out. These names got into the first ever crowdsourced list of Street Photographers. A list that you made and that has been viewed more than 76645 times (at the time of writing this).
Let’s do this again!
So, this year we invite you all to do this again! Things have changed in the Street Photography scene. There are new names that are being mentioned all the time on the Social Networks, there are others out there that are trying hard to make a difference, influencing people around them. More and more Street Photographers are publishing books, filming short documentaries about Street Photography, being interviewed, winning awards and more. The list of names is ever changing and keeps on getting more and more interesting. So, since things are always evolving and ever changing we ask you once again to make your suggestions by sharing your favourites with us!
You make suggestions and share your favourites with us
Just like last year, we the Editorial team, have already made a list of names of 21 Street Photographers that we think are the most influential for 2016. We want you to add to this list by posting as many names of Influential Street Photographers as you like in the comments. You can post 1 name or 50 names. All names will be added to a poll and then we will all vote on them.
ATTENTION: These names will be filtered by us, we will not accept names of Street Photographers that aren’t truly influential.
So for example if you have been a Street Photographer for the last 6 months and you want exposure and you think you can add your name to this list, think again. We want you to suggest true, influential Street Photographers. We will accept suggestions for a week, until next Wednesday evening. Then, we will take those suggestions and have a poll for another week. When the votes are in, we will know who the “The 20 most Influential Street Photographers for 2016” are.
The names Street Hunters recommend
Here are the 21 names of Street Photographers that we recommend in random order. We gave ourselves a limit of 7 names each so we wouldn’t get too carried away:
- Elliott Erwitt
- Mark Cohen
- Ed Templeton
- Josef Koudelka
- Stacy Kranitz
- Tatsuo Suzuki
- Daido Moriyama
- Eric Kim
- Gabi Ben Avraham
- Boris the Flash
- Alex Webb
- David Alan Harvey
- Martin Parr
- Bruce Davidson
- Valerie Jardin
- Dirty Harry
- Bruce Gilden
- Boogie
- Pau Ll. Buscató
- Tavepong Pratoomwong
- Narelle Autio
Each of the above Street Photographers are influential in their own right. For one reason or another. Somehow they have shaped the wider Street Photography community and are continuing to do so. We look forward to receiving your suggestions.
So, come on! Send in the names of the Street Photographers that you think are the most influential for 2016!
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Stay Sharp & Keep Shooting!
Matthew Hart
Thank you for your recommendation!
Colin O’Brien
Thank you for your recommendation!
Where is John Free on this list? He’s had more influence on me (with his youtube channel and blog mainly, and his photos are awesome) than most of the others on the list. With all due respect to the others, John Free should be on this list for sure!
Well that is what you dear reader are here to do! Your recommendation is noted and he will be added to the voting poll. This is what this post is all about! Stay Sharp & Keep Shooting!
Matt Hart, UK Street Photographer
Thanks for your recommendation!
Marius Vieth and Spyros Papaspyropoulos
Oh you are so kind 🙂 Thank you for your recommendations!
Juergen Voelkl from Austria.
voelklphoto.com
Thank you for your recommendation!
Chia Aik Beng, from Singapore.
http://www.aikbengchia.com/
Thank you for your recommendation!
Peter Kool. He “must” be on the list! http://www.peterkool.be/
Thanks!
For me, i love Andre D Wagner.
Many thanks for the recommendation!
How about Olivier Doung and Don Springer, editors and publishers of The Inspired Eye? Great magazine with very different styles and standards of work
Many thanks for the recommendation!
For me is it Ron Anthony Bautista from NY.
Many thanks for the recommendation!
Markus Immerheiser from Germany
http://mimmerheiser.myportfolio.com/streetphotography-cinematic-street-art
Thank you for your recommendation!
Tavepong Pratoomwong for some insane imagery!
Thank you!
I really like Pau Buscató. He’s not a blogger and keeps quite silent online.. but man his pictures do all the talking; and that for me is being influential. I also like Dimitris Makrygiannakis, Chris Farling and Larry Hallegua.
Many thanks for these awesome recommendations!
* Italian Street Photography. http://www.italianstreetphotography.com/photographers/
Fabrizio Arginetti, Enrico Barocci, Gustavo Boemi, Adriano Cascio, Alessandro Cipriani,
Ciro Cortellessa, Giuseppe D’Antonio, Lorenzo Fasola, Angelo Ferrillo, Katia Morichetti,
Gianluca Polazzo, Giuseppe Pons, Simone Raso, Andrea Scirè, Maurizio Targhetta
* Claudio Mainardi http://www.claudiomainardi.com/
* Peter Turnley http://www.peterturnley.com/french-kiss-a-love-letter-to-paris
* APF list of street photographers to follow:
Nick Turpin, UK http://nickturpin.com/
Jesse Marlo, Australia http://www.jessemarlow.com/
Matt Stuart, UK http://www.mattstuart.com/
Xyza Cruz Bacani, Hong Kong http://www.xyzacruzbacani.com/
Siegfried Hansen, Germany http://www.siegfried-hansen.de/
Maciej Dakowicz, Poland http://www.maciejdakowicz.com/
Larry Hallegua, UK http://www.larryhallegua.com/
Junku Nishimura, Japan http://www.junkunishimura.com
* KAGE – collective. http://www.kagecollective.com/portfolios-index
Patrick La Roque, Canada
Derek Clark, UK
Robert Catto, Australia
Flemming Bo Jensen, Denmark
Vincent Baldensperger, France
Bert Stephani, Belgium
Kevin Mullins, UK
Charlene Winfred, Singapore
Wow! This is some list Greg! We thank you so much for taking the time to make all these recommendations.
Stay Sharp & Keep Shooting!
Thanks Spyros. I forgot to include you & your interview n.63 from the “Street Focus” series.
Plus add a few more influential Street Photographers with samples of their work, for voting.
* Street Focus 86: One Hour With Peter Turnley, USA – France. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-86-one-hour-peter-turnley/
* Street Focus 84: Visual Stories with Patrick La Roque, Canada. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-84-visual-stories-patrick-la-roque/
* Street Focus 82: Street Tips with Matt Hart, UK. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-81-street-tips-with-matt-hart/
* Street Focus 64: Fish Eye Street with Willem Jonkers, Netherlands. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-64-fish-eye-street-with-willem-jonkers/
* Street Focus 63: Street Tips with Spyros Papaspyropoulos, Greece. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-63-street-tips-with-spyros-papaspyropoulos/
* Street Focus 60: Weddings and Street with Kevin Mullins, UK. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-60-weddings-and-street-with-kevin-mullins/
* Street Focus 52: Streets of the World – Cape Town with Leon Oosthuizen, South Africa. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-52-streets-of-the-world-cape-town-south-africa-with-leon-oosthuizen/
* Street Focus 51: Street Tips with Thomas Leuthard, Swiss. http://thisweekinphoto.com/street-focus-51-street-tips-with-thomas-leuthard/
I hope you’ve tuned in to my new and improved podcast Greg! 🙂
andre’ d. wagner
http://www.abstractelements.com/
Thank you for your recommendation!
gustavo gonzález from Spain.
http://www.fotomad.com.
Thank you for your recommendation!
GMB AKAH from Bnagladesh
http://www.gmb-akash.com/
Thank you for your recommendation!
Trent Park
Of course! Thanks
Cheers!
Nick Turpin and Dougie Wallace
Many thanks!
Kevin Mullins in the UK. The advice and tips he gives on f16.click are really so useful.
Thank you!
Jon Luvelli – I’ve been following his work for a few years now and his art is ground breaking.
Matt Hart. Awesome photographer and his photowalks around the UK are hugely popular with each event having more attendees than the last.
Dan Freeman
http://danfreemanphoto.tumblr.com/
Steven F Faust
http://stephenffaust.tumblr.com/
Paul Bence
http://paulbence.tumblr.com/
Ronya Galka
http://street-photography-london.tumblr.com/
Carmen Ioneanu
https://carmen-art.tumblr.com/
Edo Zollo
http://edlondonphotography.tumblr.com/
Andre Behrmann
https://ello.co/andrebehrmann
Josh Rose of Los Angeles, CA. He has an amazing Instagram and website that captures the best of LA, including its fun street style. He also captures amazing head shots. Here is his website: http://joshrosephotographs.com.
Josh Rose of Los Angeles, CA. He is an amazing photographer that captures the best of Los Angeles street and beach style. His website is http://www.joshrosephotographs.com/.
Jack Simon
Tyler Simpson (a common thief)
Giacomo Vesprini
Sam Ferris
Noppadol Maitreechit
Barry Talis
Rammy Narula
Muhammad Imam Hasan
Stavros Stamatiou
Chu Việt Hà
Ania Klosek
Ilan Ben yehuda
Edas Wong
Kate Kirkwood
Andreas Katsakos
Danielle Houghton (Larking About)
Ken Walton
Vineet Vohra, Maciej Dakowicz, Nils Jorgensen, Muhammad Imam Hassan
Michael Ernest Sweet. Good work Spyros.
For me it is without a doubt Marius Vieth
For me it is definitely Marius Vieth
Valerie Jardin
Eric Kim
Thomas Leuthard
Des Byrne
http://www.desbyrne.photos/
Alex Webb
Daido Moriyama
Bruce Gilden
Thomas Leuthard
John Free
Rui Palha
Thomas Leuthard
Thomas Leuthard
Thomas Leuthard
😉
Thomas Leuthard
Marius Vieth
Valerie Jardin
Eric Kim
Elliot Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
Rui Palha
Eric Kim
Thomas Leuthard
Valerie Jardin
Erik JANSSEN
http://www.erikjanssen.com/pics/
Man, really.. are we serious about Photography or what? Thomas Leuthard is an expert in self promotion, marketing, cameras, straps, bags, and followers.. specially on followers. Haven’t you seen his “Flickr Secrets – How I got 10,000 real followers in 10 days”? well, that’s a total lack of respect for other photographers in that platform, and shows how much he cares for them. Why? his words: “I managed to get 19’000’ new followers in just 10 days. Most of the tasks are automated and a running computer does this for you.” well.. this secret he’s so fond of consists on following a photographer and after a while, unfollowing him/her.. and this, repeated thousands and thousands of times, randomly.. by a computer! He’s not following you because he’s interested in your work, he’s just interested in his number of followers, and he’s actually never visited your photostream and will unfollow you after some hours. What this does is that some of that people that the computer follows-unfollows will start following back. Maybe a 5 or 10% will follow back, not knowing what this is all about. So this is how he gains those numbers. Looks at his Flickr: 93’000 followers / 0 following. Great job, computer! If this lack of respect and ethics is not enough, his photos are pure mediocrity. Boring, with no creativity or any aesthetic sense, punch or intention. Empty. Sad thing is that many people think that’s good photography, because of his tremendous social media skills.
Do you want to be positively influenced by REAL and great current street photographers? Check out the works of hard working chaps like Dimitris Makrygiannakis, Swapnil Jedhe, Ola Billmont, Charalampos Kydonakis, Troy Holden, Aaron Berger, Pau Buscató, Fabio Costa, Maciej Dakowicz, Tavepong Pratoomwong, Stavros Stamatiou, Arindam Thokder, Ilya Shtutsa, Lesley Ann Ercolano, Swarat Ghosh.. I bet you’ll get 19’000 times more inspired by their work, with no need to follow or unfollow anyone. That’s what real Photography does.
Cheers!
Thank you very much for your comment Pere and your recommendations. Some of the names are already on our list. Thank you for the additional ones!
Stay Sharp & Keep Shooting!
Harry Gruyaert
Thomas Leuthard!!!
Dear Readers. We will not be accepting any more comments from now on so we can start gathering the names and preparing the poll. Thank you all for your participation!
Andy Spyra ( http://www.andyspyra.com ), – although it’s something between street and documentary
yoriyas https://www.facebook.com/YoriyART/
Thank you for your suggestion, but the suggestion period is over.