i have too many faves...lol. strangely they seem to be alot of fashion photographers. i think that i'm drawn more to the b&w images rather than the photographer. as a view of the type of photographic work i like, these are the photographic books i have: jeanloup sief, horst p horst, george hurrell, andre kertesz, eugene atget and gabrielle basillico whose type of work i would most like to do. i also like edward westons work and am looking for a good book of his work. all of this would not have happened though if it was not for the image by bob carlos clarke. after i'd seen this image everything became b&w. it is the cover of an album by the "damned". i read that bcc burnt the negative after doing just one print for the album!

Pictures appear to me, I shoot them.   Elliot Erwitt