Who inspired Chip Simone's work?
Chip Simone studied the work of Minor White, Atget, Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan, HCB, Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Frederick Sommer, and some others. The most important influence was Harry Callahan. He gave us exercises in seeing photographically, but he never told us what to photograph. He opened our eyes and encouraged us to see the world with passion. "He never claimed it was easy to make a good picture. He never hid the struggle from us. Harry Callahan didn’t just teach basic photography, he taught basic photographer" (Simone, 2009). He help develop his ideas and beliefs about photography. "Photography became a verb, an ongoing act of existence and an expression of being" (Simone, 2009).