@PeeWeeo5...very well said!
I also agree with you about Ansel Adams...whenever I see his works, the images just captivate me!  I urge anyone who loves photography and who has not seen any of his images to do a google search.

Perhaps the original posters question should not be who do you "idolize"?...but rather whose photographic work "inspires" you?

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.