_____Greatest and known photographers of present and past.

[Ash]

If they're the greatest and known, you don't need their names. You already have em!

[GPS]

In Russian "known" and "popular" is said with the same word. Shtativ therefore used the word "known" wanting to say "popular". Not difficult to figure out from his wording. There was a time when this forum had postings from a certain Russian military official, a very knowledgeable man and a very good English speaker.

[Jim Rice]

One of my all time favorite photographs is Ed Clark's "Going Home". I think he shot it with a Leica (i.e. not my style at all). But it has a purity of vision that I can only aspire toward.

[Shtativ]

Thanks for answers! Links is fantastic!
Excuse for my mistakes - I know English badly..
To tell the truth, I have not understood in what I was mistaken. I only guess - GPS right, that in Russian "known" and "popular" are spoken with identical sense.

[Eric Biggerstaff]

Shtativ,

No apologies needed, you are doing great at English! I wish I could speak some Russian!

Have a great day.

[Ralph Barker]

Another link you might find helpful is the Masters of Photography site.

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

Not too often mentioned, but I really like the photographs John Wimberley make. Great stuff.

[Brian C. Miller]

Personally, the best thing I recommend is not listening to other's opinions, but make up your own mind. Libraries are plentiful, and have plenty of books devoted to art. Go and enjoy some time in a library!

But the best thing to do is every morning, look in the mirror and say to yourself, "I am the greatest photographer in the world." Then when you make your photographs, think, "Is this photograph worthy of me?"

It works for Frank Petronio!

[Bill_1856]

I can not speak to the rest of the world, but in the USA, until recently, there have been few famous landscape photographers. In the 19th Century there were William Henry Jackson and Timothy O'Sullivan, photographers for official expeditions into the great American West. (Most landscape work in those days was done by unknown photographers who made stereo views for companies like Underwood and Underwood.)
In the 20th Century Josf Muench was known for his work in "Arizona Highways," and of course Ansel Adams. There have been many great landscape photographers but, I think, no other famous ones.

[Jim Jones]

Also in the 19th century we had Eadweard Muybridge and Carleton Watkins. Muybridge, at his best, was an artist with a camera. Today John Sexton is a capable successor to Ansel Adams.