Great Photos That Inspire Me

These are photos that have had a visceral impact upon me and my photography.
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black and white photograph of leaves in the snow
Ice form by Ryuijie
black and white photograph of two people sitting on the edge of a body of water
Divers (Horst with model) by George Hoyingen-Huene, Paris, 1930
an old photo of tea set on a table
Tea Still-life, Version III
Heinrich Kühn (Austrian, born Germany, 1866 - 1944)
the back of a woman with hair dryers on her head
Raúl Cañibano, Malecón series: Havana, 1994
an aerial view of two people riding bicycles
László Moholy-Nagy, New Year's Morning, Berlin, circa 1930.
trees are reflected in the water at night
Moonlight: The Pond, Edward Steichen, 1904
a man diving into the water from a cliff
The Diver, Nino Migliori, 1951 (Rimini)
cars are parked on the street in front of some buildings and stairs covered with snow
Ruth Orkin, White Stoops, West 88th Street, NYC, 1952
a set of stairs leading up to the top of a building with no one on it
Gertrudes Altschul, Untitled, c. 1950
a man and woman posing in front of a mirror
Jean Cocteau— The Act of Creation, 1949. Photo by Philippe Halsman
an old black and white photo of a man looking at the camera with his eyes closed
Julia Margaret Cameron, Iago – as the photograph is portentously titled – was taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Its subject is an Italian model who generally sat for Victorian painters. But here he seems to flash forward from those long ago days, not just because of his modern looks but because Cameron’s closeup brings him so immediately from darkness to light and into our moment. Iago could be our contemporary.