Playing Favorites

It's hard for me to have a favorite photographer. I agree with Bill with how my taste varies with who's work I really like. I may have a different opinion next week for all I know.

Right now I am a big fan of David Burnett. I've had the pleasure of meeting David over the last year of campaign coverage. He's been a gent and his work is what inspired me to cover presidential politics in the first place. It's funny. It's intimate. I have never seen so many great pictures come out of what can be redundant and mundane pretty quickly. The fact that he has such a unique vision says a lot about him as an artist.

I also love the work of Tom Stoddart. His book iWitness was a gift from Bill a couple years ago and has been inspiring ever since. It's one of the books I open when I am about to go on the road and need an inspirational shot in the arm. 

To round it out I have to agree with Amanda. Danny Wilcox Frazier is a hell of a photographer. His work is personal and intense. Driftless is his love letter to his home of Iowa. The best thing I can say about Danny is that I can call him a friend. When me and the rest of my little motley crew moved to Iowa he looked out for us like a big brother. He's true blue with a big heart and it shows in his work.

Keith