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Paul Whitbread
10-12-2013, 12:39 PM
I thought I'd start a thread to see who everything thinks are the wildlife photographers that everyone should know of. It has to be said, recalling names is not one of my strong points. Hence I don't always make connections and I end up being more acquainted with a person's work then I realise.

Before I really got in to wildlife photography a few years ago, one of the few I could name-check would have been Andy Rouse (http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/); his skill behind the camera is matched by that of self-promotion, and he's fairly ubiquitous in British photography magazines. The other guy would have been Nick Brandt, and his black and white prints (http://www.nickbrandt.com/).

More recently, the guy who continually impresses me is Danny Green (http://www.dannygreenphotography.com). He recently posted some photos of Alaskan Grizzlies that blew me away (see his blog) .

So who should I be checking out? (Consider no name too obvious). Although the internet has shrunk the world, it'll be interesting to hear who is big elsewhere in the world.

Don Lacy
10-13-2013, 07:12 PM
My top tier that I know of in no particular order
Franz Lanting
Art Wolf
Paul Nicklen
Michael Nichols
David Doubilet
Andy Rouse
Charles Glatzer
Jim Brandenburg
Marsel Van Oosten
David Lloyd
Marina Cano
plus all the moderators on BPN and the owners James and Artie I also follow about 252 people on 500pk who produce work worth seeing I would also list members here but I do want to hurt any feelings if I leave someone off by accident there are a lot of talented photographers out there many only known to their friends or on forums like BPN.

David Smith
10-13-2013, 07:22 PM
Don't forget...

John Shaw
Darrel Gulin
Moose Peterson
Joe & Mary McDonald...
George Lepp

BobbyPerkins
10-15-2013, 11:39 PM
Tim Fitzharris, one of my big inspirations since I was a kid. Still have those old books I checked out from the school libraries (and forgot to take back), shhhhh!

Stephen Feingold
12-15-2013, 08:48 AM
I would add Miguel Lasa, Stephen Oachs, and Steve & Dave Maslowski. Perhaps some of the greatest wildlife photographers are the cinematographers whose work you see on PBS and the Animal Planet.

PIus Frischherz
12-19-2013, 06:22 AM
Vincent Munier

Morkel Erasmus
01-02-2014, 06:44 AM
Some South African inspiration:

Greg do Toit - www.gregdutoit.com (current winner of BBC WPOTY award)
Hannes Lochner - www.hanneslochner.com
Wim van den Heever - www.wimvandenheever.com
Mark Dumbleton - www.markdumbleton.com
Gerry van der Walt - www.gerryvanderwalt.com
Shem Compion - www.shemimages.com
Isak Pretorius - www.theafricanphotographer.com

Steve Kaluski
01-02-2014, 07:54 AM
Well for me it's:

Andy Rouse (surprise surprise) :bg3:
Andrew Parkinson
Charlie Hamilton James
David Lloyd