Have any favorite pro photographers? Who

[jspek]

Im bored, had this discussion with a photo buddy in florida. Who is/are your favorite pro photographers? Three of my favorites are Chase Jarvis, Dave Hill, and Matthew Cooke.

Who are yours?

[TROLL]

As far as automotive photography goes, I think Andy Wee is sick. www.andywee.com

James Nachtwey (http://jamesnachtwey.com/) is inspiring as hell. One of the greatest photojournalists ever. There is a really interesting documentary on him called War Photographer which I think has a general appeal because it is an eyewitness look at war and its prolonged effects, but is particularly interesting to photographers / journalists.
If you dont know his name, you will know his photos. Here are some of them...

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0003AFG_107-3FIN.jpg
Afghanistan, 1996 - Mourning a brother killed by a Taliban rocket.

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0007SAID.jpg
South Africa, 2000 - Grandmother cared for young girl affected by HIV.

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0037DOW.jpg
Guatemala, 1983 - Clergy traveled in military helicopters to the mass of
Pope John Paul II in the war zone.

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0009DOW.jpg
Nicaragua, 1984 - Relic of civil war became a monument in a park

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0217SAFGA.jpg
South Africa, 1992 - Xhosa young men in rite of passage.

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0002SIN.jpg
Somalia, 1992 - Child starved by famine, a man-made weapon of mass
extermination.

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN99-5_205-28a_GA.jpg
Kosovo, 1999 - Ruins of Djacovica, destroyed by Serbs.

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0001RWIN_GA.jpg
Rwanda, 1994 - Survivor of Hutu death camp.

http://jamesnachtwey.com/jn/images/JN0024CHIN_GA.jpg
Chechnya, 1996 - Ruins of central Grozny.

[raceMpower95]

Some of my favs:

Jill Greenberg
Chris Clor
Michael Furman
Easton Chang


I have a ton of others that I continually look to for inspiration, but I can't think of names right now. (Havent slept in like 3 days, damn photo school...)

[WKderF]

Always been a fan of Neil Leifer. over his career of sports photography he has caught some amazing moments in history.

http://216.117.181.169/

his website / portfolio

[Ducky 2.0T]

I'm a big fan of some of this guy's work...
http://www.jameslipman.com/

[biz]

david lachapelle

[CHR!S]

gregory crewdson
http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/29134-large.jpg
http://sarahh.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/00027gyt.jpg
http://www.linearchitecture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/crewdson_gregory.jpg