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lisamona

Posts: 84

Toronto, Iowa, US

usually, even the greatest artists, have someone that inspired them
to go into a certain field, or do a certain work .

personally i was inspired by two models.
1. Natalia Oreiro : a model, singer and a great actress what amazes me, thats she is outstanding in all of these fields.
2. Adriana Lima a great model and V.S spokes person.

if interested, type the name of the model in google, there is Tons of info and images there. 
~K

Jul 14 05 03:51 pm Link

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EMG STUDIOS

Posts: 2033

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Sacha Dean Biyan

Jul 14 05 03:54 pm Link

Jul 14 05 04:24 pm Link

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StevenNoreyko

Posts: 235

Austin, Texas, US

Posted by EMG STUDIOS: 
Sacha Dean Biyan

Dude.. this guy rocks my socks.  I mean.. WOW

Aside from him... Melvin Sokolsky

Jul 14 05 04:25 pm Link

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theda

Posts: 21719

New York, New York, US

Bob Fosse, Alfred Hitchcock and various dead actreeses.

Jul 14 05 04:26 pm Link

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John Van

Posts: 3122

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Jeanloup Sieff... for his simplicity and his lack of pretense about what photography is

Jul 14 05 04:50 pm Link

Photographer

Posts: 5264

New York, New York, US

Great to have the topic again.

But this is another thread on the topic.

another take on the topic


and desire to work with.

desire to work with



A thread on some favorites on MM-- Maybe we can do this again now also.   There was another thread but I forget the title.
Favorites on MM

Jul 14 05 04:55 pm Link

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Steven Abel

Posts: 89

Dallas, Texas, US

Erte, Weimar, all things deco, neaveau and Jazz Age.  I fell in love with it all and it consistently inspires me to do more.

Jul 14 05 05:00 pm Link

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Hugh Jorgen

Posts: 2850

Ashland, Oregon, US

I cant think of anyone,so ill just say Hugh Hefner an Howard Hughes and Oh Yea Hugh Jorgen

Jul 14 05 05:06 pm Link

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Halcyon 7174 NYC

Posts: 20109

New York, New York, US

John Ford

https://www.filmint.nu/bilder/netonly/artikelbilder/vidorhawks/Tag-John-Ford.jpg

Jul 14 05 05:15 pm Link

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Kentsoul

Posts: 9739

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

second verse, same as the first...

[get ready to google]

In no particular order:

E. J. Bellocq
Robert Mappelthorpe
Barbara Nitke
Lee Stranahan
Susie Bright
Betty Dodson
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Alfred Hitchcock
Dr. Alfred Kinsey
Edouard Manet
John Singer Sargent
Herb Ritts
Edward Weston
Gale Wilhelm
Ernest Hemingway
Raymond Chandler
John Coltrane
Larry Flynt
Maria Beatty
Mayan Lee [mm#2422]
Jock Sturgess
Mary Ellen Mark
Anais Nin
D. Brian Nelson [mm#11068]
Camille Paglia
Billy Tipton
Orson Welles
Scotty Welbourne
Guido Crepax
Fred Rodgers
Billy Strayhorn
Roy Orbison

Jul 14 05 05:15 pm Link

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12082

Posts: 1292

Los Angeles, California, US

Kate Moss, as she's probably the most famous model under the "hard and fast rule" that models must be 5'7" or taller (she's my height).

Cindy Crawford, for her business mind.

Lauren Hutton, because she's real and true. This business is too often about deception or preception.

Those are my "inspiration" models.

And I just like Janice Dickinson for her balls wink

Jul 14 05 06:16 pm Link

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Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Posted by Sara Green: 

And I just like Janice Dickinson for her balls wink

Me too.

Jul 14 05 08:02 pm Link

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XtremeArtists

Posts: 9122

Posted by Jack D Trute: 

Posted by Sara Green: 

And I just like Janice Dickinson for her balls wink

Me too.

Nevermind what she's got in her son...

Jul 14 05 08:03 pm Link

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Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Posted by XtremeArtists: 

Posted by Jack D Trute: 

Posted by Sara Green: 

And I just like Janice Dickinson for her balls wink

Me too.

Nevermind what she's got in her son...

Dude,  you really need comedy lessons.

Jul 14 05 08:05 pm Link

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XtremeArtists

Posts: 9122

Posted by Jack D Trute: 

Posted by XtremeArtists: 

Posted by Jack D Trute: 

Posted by Sara Green: 

And I just like Janice Dickinson for her balls wink

Me too.

Nevermind what she's got in her son...

Dude,  you really need comedy lessons.

My target audience is men in their 30s who are me.

Jul 14 05 08:15 pm Link

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S W I N S K E Y

Posts: 24376

Saint Petersburg, Florida, US

whoever is in front of my lens....

Jul 14 05 08:16 pm Link

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Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Posted by XtremeArtists: 

Posted by Jack D Trute: 

Posted by XtremeArtists: 

Posted by Jack D Trute: 

Posted by Sara Green: 

And I just like Janice Dickinson for her balls wink

Me too.

Nevermind what she's got in her son...

Dude,  you really need comedy lessons.

My target audience is men in their 30s who are me.

Who wouda thunk?

You inspire me to really be funny not just fail at it.

Jul 14 05 08:16 pm Link

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Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Posted by Doug Swinskey: 
whoever is in front of my lens....

Your current avatar shot is inspiring.

(all comments made by Jack's mother...... no I mean his human for Jack is mussled for this week)

Jul 14 05 08:18 pm Link

Photographer

Posts: 5264

New York, New York, US

I did not notice his work before but the photographer from Florida
Hakan is quite wonderful.  Each picture is like watching a mini movie.
A lovely quietness to the work.

Sorry I lost his MM number.

Jul 14 05 09:03 pm Link

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Angie Rae

Posts: 99

Lawton, Iowa, US

Florence Nightengale....since my nursing career is numero uno!, then...Marilyn Monroe, Jane Mansfield, Christie Brinkley, Betty Page.

Jul 14 05 09:11 pm Link

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Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Posted by Angie Rae: 
Florence Nightengale....since my nursing career is numero uno!, then...Marilyn Monroe, Jane Mansfield, Christie Brinkley, Betty Page.

Help I have fallen and I can't get up.

Jul 14 05 09:16 pm Link

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GWC

Posts: 1407

Baltimore, Maryland, US

My inspiration is Norm Zadeh, the publisher of Perfect-10 magazine. Here's a guy who's taking the huge fortune that his daddy left him, and spending it on getting LOADS OF SLAMMIN' BABES to wander naked around his huge house. And, as if that wasn't enough, he wanted to see them BOX eachother. He doesn't even bother photographing them, he hires other guys to do that for him! AND he can't decide if his name is Zada or Zadeh or whatever. He's so cool! I bet he has a Ferrari too!

GWC

Jul 14 05 09:46 pm Link

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SayCheeZ!

Posts: 20621

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

WoW!!!  Deja Vu!!!  Dayzha, dayzha, voooo!!!

---------------------------------
in no particular order mine are:

Xtreme Artists
Visual Mindscapes
'GWC'
Jack D. Trute

oh yeah, you can also add "Barb S." to the list now too!
(no need to tell me... I gotta sick mind!)

Jul 14 05 10:36 pm Link

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Sienna Hambleton

Posts: 10352

Toledo, Ohio, US

Influences are Steve Diet Goedde, Christophe Mourthe, Helmut Lang, Christine Kessler and Ken Marcus.

Jul 14 05 10:38 pm Link

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Valkyrur

Posts: 1187

Nelsonville, New York, US

a woman...

Jul 14 05 11:10 pm Link

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lisamona

Posts: 84

Toronto, Iowa, US

Posted by Louis Braga: 
a woman...

thats a good one smile

Jul 15 05 12:03 am Link

Model

io

Posts: 2353

New York, New York, US

Strictly speaking in-terms of the realm of modeling:

Dita Von Teese: proves you can be pasty and still have mainstream appeal (Playboy cover model).

Photog Jeffery Scott:  Yes, he inspires me to create some serious art.

Alexander McQueen: the man who inspired my deep love of fashion.

fetish model Audra: she's non-conventional, super-intelligent, and is a successful career woman who manages to travel the world and be successful with her modeling which is always classy and beautiful.  I really admire her.

Lastly, the inventor of the corset: bless you.

Jul 15 05 02:09 am Link

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Michael Gundelach

Posts: 763

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

actually a lot of people here at MM...

Learned a lot in this short time...thanks

besides that Sylvie/Gunther Blum

Jul 15 05 02:13 am Link