Links             Favourite Photographers websites

Ansel Adams is a father for all landscape photographers. His influence is still very perceptible today. Inventor of the "zone system", he has set the principles of modern photography in his work in black and white and also in his trilogy. (The Camera, the Negative, The Print). He was also an engaged photographer, and actively contributed to preservation by his own work and with the Sierra Club. Ansel Adams biography.

Edward Weston was, like Ansel Adams, a active member of the f.64 group. Today he is mainly known for his inspired nudes, but he was also a keen and inspired landscape photographer.

Adams was essentially interested in black and white photography. Eliot Porter, on the other side, was a true pioneer in color photography. He began photographing in color in 1939 and produced amongst many masterpieces stunning bird pictures, decades before others. A biography.

David Muench is one of the contemporary masters in landscape photography. Superb photographs of the american wilderness.

Jack Dykinga works in large format (4x5 inches), mainly in the USA. A major reference in contemporary landscape photography. In "Large Format Nature Photography" (Amphoto Books) is a very useful book about large format equipment and techniques, illustrated with superb images.

Gallen Rowell and Barbara, his wife, died recently in the crash of their plane. He was a kind of heroic figure in the world of lansdscape and mountain photography, ready to take up all the challenges of the great outdoors. He was also, as a photographer, highly conscious of the technical and aesthetical issues of landscape photography. Gallen Rowell's Vision, a collection of articles published in Outdoors Photographer, is one of my favourite books in this field.

David Noton has won many awards for his landscape photography (BBC Photographer of the Year). He uses 35mm and 6x17cm panoramic and travels a lot. Technical mastery and quality of light are a constant signature in his work. Moreover, his site is full of excellent advice about photography and travels. His first book: Waiting for the Light.

Mike Lane is one of the best nature photographers in England and a friend of mine. I met him on the island of Lesbos, in Greece. He has visited so far many countries and hotspots and his trip reports are always very helpful and interesting.

Joe Cornish is an adept of large format photography (Ebony 4x5). He has illustrated many books on Great Britain and Ireland. He has also published an excellent book (First Light) about his quest and success in search of the light.

"First Light" is prefaced by another great and experienced landscape photographer, Charlie Waite (Ch. Waite has worked extensively in Europe and especially France, with many books on regions such as the Loire, Dordogne, Languedoc, and photographed many small typical villages.)

The following british photographers, Lee Frost, Michael Busselle, Paul Wakefield are also remarkable photographers.

See also the superb work of nature photographers John Shaw, Art Wolfe, Nigel Dennis

Jean-Christophe Moudens is a talented french photographer working in the Pyrenees region.

Arnaud Frich, a panoramic photography specialist, has developed original techniques. Panoramic techniques and equipments are fully reviewed on his award-winning website, which features also several stunning photo galleries, and very good pages and tips on color management and calibration.  Photo gallery and color calibration

François Nowicki et Olivier Dangles are two young talented photographers living in Lorraine, France. "Coulisses de nos campagnes" presents a personal vision of our fauna (Wild cats, etc)

Sébastien Brière has two passions, portrait and landscape photography. Stunning pictures of Scotland on his site.