{"id":45723,"date":"2025-08-16T08:18:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T13:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=45723"},"modified":"2025-08-16T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:45:09","slug":"12-photographers-on-their-top-5-influences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45723\/12-photographers-on-their-top-5-influences\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Photographers Share Their Top 5 Influences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HE-stdc6kic?si=5O7kxngp1eibENiz\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I talk about my top five photographic influences with Jeff Larason (The Crit House).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/te7MogYKSJk?si=28yjNXIEiRdH0TGl\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always useful to be familiar with a host&#8217;s sensibilities, so check out <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45098\/photographer-jeff-larason-his-top-five-influences\/\">Jeff Larason&#8217;s Top 5<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">At The Crit House,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45098\/photographer-jeff-larason-his-top-five-influences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Jeff Larason<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> has been hosting a fascinating series of videos in which<\/span>\u00a0photographers share their Top 5 Influences and the reasons why.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re informative and inspiring!<\/p>\n<p>There are over 100 videos to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve cherry-picked a dozen highlights for you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45047\/photographer-sam-abell-his-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Sam Abell\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45125\/photographer-david-duchemin-his-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>David Duchemin<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45004\/photographer-cig-harvey-her-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Cig Harvey<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45502\/photographer-brooks-jensen-his-top-5-influences\/\"><strong>Brooks Jensen<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45065\/photographer-ed-kashi-his-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Ed Kashi<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45436\/photographer-sarah-leen-her-top-5-influences\/\"><strong>Sara Leen<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45054\/photographer-rania-matar-her-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Rania Matar<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45043\/photographer-arthur-meyerson-his-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Arthur Meyerson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45062\/photographer-daniel-milnor-his-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Daniel Milnor<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45686\/photographer-eugene-richards-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Eugene Richards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45050\/photographer-aline-smithson-her-top-five-influences\/\"><strong>Aline Smithson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45647\/photographer-nevada-wiers-top-five-influence\/\"><strong>Nevada Weir<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45341\/laura-wilsons-top-5-photographic-influences\/\"><strong>Laura Wilson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TheCritHouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit The Crit House here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/41857\/how-to-find-deeper-value-in-your-artistic-influences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Influence here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff I talk about my top five photographic influences with Jeff Larason (The Crit House). \ufeff It&#8217;s always useful to be familiar with a host&#8217;s sensibilities, so check out Jeff Larason&#8217;s Top 5. &nbsp; At The Crit House,\u00a0Jeff Larason has been hosting a fascinating 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