Hello Fellow Stockers,
When photographers talk about their influences they often mention the Greats, the Masters such as Irving Penn, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, (I'm sure there are more contemporary names among the greats but I can't think of any at the moment) etc... These are names that are not known as shooting for stock agencies. Stock is often looked down upon as far as creativity is concerned. There is a lot of crap to be found but there is also a lot of original creativity. So I was wondering who were some of the people that influenced you guys & gals here at Alamy as far as stock photographers go. I was and still am a big fan of Jay Maisel and Art Wolfe. What about you guys?