The Big Leaguers

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1. Peter Lik
2. Marc Adamus
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texshooter wrote in post #18304480
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1. Peter Lik
2. Marc Adamus
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I would not put Lik ahead of Adamus. Thinking about this I guess I don't have any strong opinions on who should come next. Two that come to mind are Jim Brandenburg and Ian Plant. Flipping through a few bookmarks, Ryan Dyar is very good. Lots of good landscape photographers out there. Let me add on Brandenburg that I suspect the non-photographer, looking at his work, might not appreciate just how hard it is to do what he does. No, or few, brilliant orange sunsets and sunrises, but some subtle, wonderfully composed, nicely lit photos.

I would put Rodney Lough ahead of Adamus, but behind Lik. I would think Ansel Adams would have to be right at or near the top. He practically invented Landscape Photography. Art Wolfe? He does other photography as well, but does some pretty epic landscape stuff. Dykinga? I guess it depend on you criteria for the list. Highest sales? Most well known? Greatest body of work? Still working, or all time? There are a great number of current guys/gals, but in my mind, they are too new to rank yet, or at least put at the top (most of photo Cascadia, Ryan Dyar, Marc Metternich, Tula Top, Justin Poe, Peter Coskun, etc) I would say Adamus is kind of the pinnacle of this newer generation.

Interesting debate. I would say Adams, Porter, Rowell are all up there. It's hard because modern photography offers a lot that photography of 30-40 years did not. The principles are still the same, light/composition/subj​ect/etc. are all absolutely important. Modern guys I would have to go with Tom Till, Art Wolfe, Jack Dykinga. There are a ton of super talented people putting out awesome work (everyone Paul mentioned) but I will stick with those 3 for now, especially Till. He consistently impresses the hell out of me.

A lot of landscape photographers are taking the same shots. They are great shots - lighting, composition, processing, etc. But they are known locations, and you see the same view from multiple photographers. Such places as the Palouse, Delicate Arch, Mesa Arch, The Narrows, Maroon Bells, etc. The quality of their work is nearly as dependent on just plain old persistence as it is creativity and originality. I like Adamus and Brandenburg because they are out there finding new stuff.

Another guy who is quite good, has his own look, strictly black and white, is Cole Thompson. I saw him speak once, good presentation if anyone ever gets a chance to see him

patrick j wrote in post #18305951
Another guy who is quite good, has his own look, strictly black and white, is Cole Thompson. I saw him speak once, good presentation if anyone ever gets a chance to see him

If you like Cole Thompson, you'll probably like Jin Mikami....

https://500px.com/jin-mikami

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I'd certainly put Michael Melford in the list - I don't know where I'd rank him in the order, but he should be in there.

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