I have so many favorites....but one of my favorite is Joyce Tenneson, I adored her series on Wise Women, and her Flower Portraits are supreme.... she is one whose work I try to emulate, yet fail miserably at. But as Nilla said there are so many....that I love... Dorethea Lange who recalls a sad era, in the history of the United States is also one, who is definitely in my top five.... Ansel Adams for his nature/landscapes, David LaChapelle a contemporary commercial photographer whose work is so over the top and sexy. And Diane Arbus....real people, strange and unglamourous.... simply beautiful work, what a loss for us that her life was cut so short. And mustn't forget Richard Avedon... and Edward Weston too.... Ok I'll stop now..... I think I have too many favorites...

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