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    Default A Who's Who of Wildlife Photographers

    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.

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    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.
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    Don't forget...

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

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    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!

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    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.

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    Vincent Munier
    Last edited by James Shadle; 12-22-2013 at 10:34 PM.

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    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
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    Well for me it's:

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