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    Will, my choices reflect a preference for environmental portraiture, hence Sander and Cunningham. Steichen did some wonderful portraits; Garbo comes to mind. For Cunningham, the portrait of her father at 90, and her early portrait of the painter Morris Graves, the dancer Martha Graham; all of them excellent. As noted above, the portrait series of "People of the 20th Century" by August Sander is loaded with excellent environmental portraiture.

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    I like environmental portraiture. So . . . Arnold Newman.

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    The late Evelyn Hofer is not appreciated enough. See her work in "London Perceived" (an early influence on me) and "Dublin: A Portrait". She made many other city-themed books, all now out of print: I'm slowly tracking them down. I can't recommend her work enough.

    Beyond that, the usual 'greats'; Strand, Edward Weston, Arnold Newman, Sander.
    As I started out as a 'portraitist', I appreciate Yousuf Karsh.
    From the 19th Century, Hill & Adamson, Nadar, Julia Margaret Cameron.
    I've learned from them all.

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    One of my favorites was Phillip Stewart Charis along with everyone who has been mentioned. Phillip worked with large format film and in color and his portraits were stunning. What about today's photographers?

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    Sally Mann for her family portraits. The team of Southworth and Hawes are also photographers a serious portraitist should be aware of.
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    As an impressionable young lad I came across a copy of some Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographs in my high school library. I've been a fan of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans ever since.

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    Ha! I do own collectible Art, Dyke Deck!

    Besides this poster, who knows which one made the Dyke Deck of cards with portraits on each card.

    I thought that was cool.


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    **Jo Ann Callis(1940)
    Barbara Kruger (1945)
    **Carrie Mae Weems (1953)
    Nan Goldin (1953)
    Uta Barth (1958)
    Loma Simpson (1960)
    **Catherine Opie (1961)
    Gillian Wearing (1963)
    Kara Walker (1969)


    ** touchstones ... and alive, still working, also born before me.

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    Mark Steinmetz, Alec Soth, August Sander.

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    Phillip Halsman
    Y. Karsh
    Clarence Sinclair Bull
    Anni Leibowitz
    and many more!

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    Paolo Roversi
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    Herb Ritts
    Patrick Demarchelier
    Irving Penn

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