Great photographers you should know.

Q: YOU MENTION THAT YOU LIKE TO STUDY GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS’ WORK, AND THAT IF WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND GOOD WORK, WE SHOULD LOOK INTO DOING THE SAME. I AM CURIOUS, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF YOUR FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHERS?

A: In no specific order. Go look these folks up.

W. Eugene Smith

Gordon Parks

Mary Ellen Mark

Mark Seliger

Edward Weston

Dan Winters

Philippe Halsman

Robert Capa

Yousuf Karsh

Kareem Black

Peter Yang

Peggy Sirota

Herb Ritts

Gregory Heisler

David Burnett

Susan Meiselas

Mario Testino

Paolo Roversi

David Turnley

Sebastiao Salgado

James Nachtwey

Dorothea Lange

Margaret Bourke-White

Gregory Colbert

Sam Abell

That should keep you busy. These are folks, both new and old, that you should know about. There are ...

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