Inspirational Artists

So I really love Black and White photography so one of my favorite photographers, that I had the chance to learn about in Digital Photo last year was Elliott Erwitt, (http://www.elliotterwitt.com/lang/index.html good site to view his work ) Mainly his photos are of children and animals, not so much landscapes.
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Another one of my favorite photographers is Steve McCurry, I think he has the worlds most amazing job as a National Geographic Photographer, he also is mainly into people and not landscapes but I love his ability to capture the unique things of each person and make it seem as though their surroundings are coming from inside of them and not all around them, basically that they are part of the place the live in.
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Lastly, I am also inspired by the work of Ansel Adams who unlike the others is mainly a landscape photographer and also worked mainly in black and white.

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although the rose isn't a landscape this is one of my most favorite photographs, and the photo that made me look into Ansel Adams when I first found it.