The Royal Photographic Society founded in 1853 is the champion for all aspects of photography. They are a membership community with an on-line community, off-line community, learning support, accreditations, magazine, field trips, competitions, exhibitions and awards.You name it they do it. And they do it with integrity.
http://m.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05767/facts.sebastio_salgado_genesis.htm
Type Sebastian Salgado in to you search engine and you will probably get more hits than almost any other photographer. I was first introduce to his work by a photographer friend of mine. Ever since then he has been an inspiration to my photography and humanity.
There are so many websites now available for building your own website.
Here are a few I’ve found that especially for the photographer.
http://www.photoshelter.com/
A more photographer centric company you will not find. Not only do they offer a fully comprehensive website service, they also create most helpful guides on all aspects of photography.
http://www.squarespace.com/tour/photographers
Simple, easy to use, great templates.
https://prosite.com
Set up projects in your Behance portfolio, share them with the worlds creative community then publish on a Prosite. Connected to Adobe this is a powerful website tool.
http://www.clikpic.com/
Cheap, customizable but not particularly inspiring designs.
500px.com
A lot like Flickr, a photo sharing community. However, from here you can build a cheap and slick online portfolio. Limited templates can be adapted if you know your coding.
This is my current portfolio site made on 500px: http://jhyturley.com
“Photography is 3% of what I do”
Platon is one of my all time photographic hero’s. His book Power is truly brilliant.
Watch this interview with him by Sarfraz Manzoor from 2010.
A great series of YouTube videos from the World Photography Organisation. Full of useful tips and advie.
A personal favourite is the video from Elliott Erwitt.
Magnum is best described by one of its four founders…
“Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually.”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lomography. A photographic movement. Beautiful Simple.
Read all about it on the link above.
The Lomography World Photo Caterpillar from Lomography on Vimeo.
Rick Guest is an amazing photographer that has worked with some of the worlds biggest brands.
I’ve worked with his images on an award winning project and he shot the cover for one of my all time favourite bands, Jamiroquai.
Check out his work, it’s AWSOME.
An online photographic treasure chest of all things photography. News, reviews, tech tips and much much more.
Well worth following.
http://flakphoto.com/exhibition/making-pictures-of-people
Making Pictures of People is a collection of portrait projects from 27 different photographers.
Make sure you book mark this one.
Photographic Knowledge Bank 