Who is your favorite photographer?

Question

And also, for those of you who really know photography I was wondering if you know of someone's work I may enjoy? I'm always looking for new photographers to obsess over. One of my favorites are William Klein, and right now I'm really into portrait & fashion photographers with their own sort of style.
Maybe your favorite photographer is someone I haven't heard of, which could definitely help.
Thanks!

Answer 1

For portraits, you could check out Nick Knight.



For other kinds of photography, these are some of the photographers I really like.



Jay Maisel (street, former advertising photographer).



Chris Weeks (mainly street).



I would second Chase Jarvis for advertising photography, he's pretty interesting.



Ming Thein (Malaysian pro photographer, just a great shooter all round and annoyingly talented considering how young he is)



William Albert Allard



Nobuyoshi Araki (seriously NSFW)



If you're into portraits, the most famous portrait of the 20th century is probably "Afghan Girl" by Steve McCurry, and he's a great photographer too.



Nick Brandt (wildlife in Africa: absolutely incredible images of elephants, giraffes, etc. You HAVE to see his stuff).



Henri Cartier-Bresson (street, documentary). The father of modern photojournalism. Some consider him the greatest photographer of the last hundred years or so, and this is hard to argue with.



Robert Doisneau (street) Photographed Paris for most of his life. Wonderful photographer.



Chema Madoz: a surrealist photographer from Spain whose photos are incredibly creative and often very funny.



Fan Ho: a Chinese photographer with some fantastic images.



I could go on, but that should give you something to chew on!

Answer 2

Ray Atkinson Landscapes

Answer 3

Chase Jarvis is my favourite. If you are really into portrait or fashion photographers look at Annie Leibovitz because she is one of the greatest.

Answer 4

Vik Muniz

Answer 5

In no particular order:



- Joe Cornish (Landscapes)

http://www.joecornishgallery.co.uk/gallery



- Antony Spencer (Landscapes)

http://www.antonyspencer.com/



- Chase Jarvis (All from advertising to portraits to short films to landscapes to music to sports)

http://www.chasejarvis.com/



- Corey Rich (Sports, short films and advertising)

http://www.coreyrich.com/#!/portfolio



- Steve McCurry (Photojournalism)

http://stevemccurry.com/galleries



- Peter Hurley (Head-shots)

http://peterhurley.com/



- Andreas Stelter (Street photography)

http://www.kaipho.com/

Answer 6

I don't have a favorite, but Peter Lik is a great photographer.

Answer 7

I enjoy Luke Zemes work. He does mainly HDR landscapes and i am just in love with his work.

http://www.lukezeme.com/category/gallery/#0