If you are interested in capturing beautiful moments as extraordinary pictures, just like a famous photographer, then start observing their techniques keenly. Here are listed few beloved amazing photographers who had embarked a wonderful impact in the world of images.

1. The name Ansel Adams could be considered as the most recognized and appreciated, famous photographer. By carefully observing the gorgeous landscapes portraying embossed unparallel levels, you can develop your photographic skills. 

2. Yousef Karsh is a fantastic and famous photographer, whose creative shots unleash a clear story that can be understood easily by viewers. According to him there is a concealed emotion behind every man and woman, which can be revealed only during those casual moments.

3. Robert Capa is a famous photographer who captured fascinating moments that happened during wars. His original name was Endre Friedman and he dedicated himself by disguising with trenches while taking photographs of soldiers and warfare from safe distance. 

4. Henri Cartier-Bresson has a unique style that has influenced the photograph world. He was the first person to use 35mm film, to capture exclusive images in black and white. But his collections are few since he had stopped taking photos long before he passed away. 

5. Dorothea Lange is still remembered in history for those extraordinary photographs she had captured during the period of Great Depression. Her migrant mother picture is considered as one of the exquisite photographs ever captured in decades.

6. Jerry Uelsman is a famous photographer who created composite photographs with unique images. However he preferred generating extraordinary pictures from the darkroom, rather than with digital cameras. 

7. Annie Liebovitz has some awesome portrait photographic collections and is famous for her amazing works contributed for the Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair magazines. Her pictures portray depth and explain the subject beautifully. 

8. Brassai is well known famous photographer and he created extraordinary photographs by capturing ordinary people in a captivating manner. 

9. Brian Duffy is a classic vintage photographer from the 60sand 70s. Actually this wonderful artist had burned most of his negatives and later took photographs just one year before he passed away. 

10. Jay Maisel is a modern day photographer who creates awesome photographs of lights and shapes, using simple cameras without much complex lighting or any other fancy effects. 

You can learn from the famous photographer who inspires you most and start practicing to master the art with mesmerizing perfection.

If you have real passion to capture fascinating photographs, then you need to be inspired and enriched with knowledge about excellent contributions offered by famous photographers who are professionals. Here are listed some top fifteen photographs from top designers and photographers for your reference.


1. Mario Testino the Peruvian fashion design photographer has a huge collection of exquisite photographs especially for the popular magazines Vanity Fair and Vogue. He is one of the famous photographers who are well known for his exotic and polished styled photographs. One of the all time favorites of his works is the photograph taken for the Vanity Fair magazine with Diana Princess of Whales. He is the ultimate choice of fashion designers and professionals. 

2. Steve Mccurry is an amazing American artist and photojournalist. His fabulous contribution to the art world is a photograph of the ‘Afghan Girl’ clicked by him for the National Geographic magazine.

3. Timothy Hogan the still life photographer is an award winning artist from New York. Recently Tim created a collection of exciting photos with the title ‘The FIN Project.’ These are images of wave shapes and chronicled surfboards, portraying his love for surfing and still life. 

4. Christian Aslund is a Stockholm, Sweden’ professional photographer who has won prestigious awards like the Professional Campaign. His exclusive photograph is the one produced at Hong Kong for the advertising campaign of Jim Rickey’s sneaker brands. This was shot by using a telephoto lems.

5. Kait Robinson the Young Fashion photographer has contributed endless photos that are based on portrait, beauty with style.

6. Jeremy Cowart is one of the famous photographers with intense love and passion for the art. He has contributed some exotic collections and has earned ultimate respect from amongst celebrities and other artists.

7. Annie Leibovitz is popular for her portrait photographer who has captured almost every celebrity across the world. she has the power to create significant contribution and is therefore awarded  Honorary Fellowsjip and Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary medal. 

8. David LaChappelle is an Israel photographer who is a video artist and documentary directors. He has promoted many prestigious popular brands such as Tommy Holfiger, Nokia etc. with his extraordinary photographs. 

9. Janae Shields is one of famous photographers who is passionate about the pictures she captured with her grandpa’s 35mm camera. She has achieved many awards like Portrait Photographers International. 

10. Nicholas Samaras is an excellent underwater photographer with an addiction to sea breeze. The dedicated photographer has received various awards for his exquisite underwater collections/.

11. Anne Geddes is an Australian businesswoman, designer and a photographer. Her choices of subject for her fantastic collection are cute little babies to explore unique personality of babies and their priceless emotions.

12. MareenFischinger has contributed wonderful photographs of corporate communication and advertising campaigns. Her exclusive PotsdamerPlatz portrays deformed and fragmented pieces from different angles. 

13. Andrea Gjestvang is one of different political styled famous photographers who captured persistence and intimate life led by people surviving in the inaccessible and remote ambiences. Andrea has won fabulous awards for her unique collections.

14. Florain Ritter the Germany photographer has created some wonderful web design, illustrations, and corporate designs for branded products like Haier, Adidas and more.

15. Michael Kenna the British photographer is one of the famous photographers with a passionate desire to captivate amazing black and white images of landscapes. 

The artistic collections gifted by famous photographers from our past, have so much to offer for those with thirst to learn and master the classic photographic skills. Here are listed top ten photography strategies that you could grasp from these extraordinary artists.

1. Full Frame is not necessary
Henri Cartier-Bresson, John Blakemore, David Bailey and Galen Rowell are few names of oceanic photographers’ lists. They proved the fact that for a perfect picture quality, big medium format cameras is not essential factor. But even with 35mm camera, brilliant eyes behind the viewfinder can create gorgeous pictures. 

2. Doubts
Famous photographers also go through certain period of time when they feel disappointed with their works. Elliot Erwitt said that it was depressing for him to not produce photographs up to the expectations of contacts. Thus keep trying until you produce good photographs. 

3. Feet – the perfect telephoto lens
Robert Capa once exclaimed, “If your photos aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” In olden times famous photographers used to capture images with 50mm lens by moving from one place to another rather than using a zooming option.

4. Smile
You need to be very careful while taking street photographs, and it should not affect emotionally any of the people who were photographed. Famous photographers like Garry Winogrand will develop a persona contact with captured fantastic images without causing any upset to the subjects respectively. 

5. Believe
Julia Margret Cameron who had created some captivating pictures was the first one to crop soft focus photograph images and it was ridiculed during her period of time.

6. Random Clicks
According to the famous photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, ‘your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.’ Thus do not ponder but keep clicking until you reach your mark of excellence.

7. Rules
The rules prescribed by famous photographers are there for helping aspiring artists respectively. Ansel Adams said, There are no rules for good photographers, there are only good photographs.’

8. Dont favor pictures from past
Avoid having favorites from the photograph collections that you have created. Be focused on your future achievements. Imogen Cunningham said, ‘which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow,’

9. New technology marvel
Taking advantage of the awesome technological advancements to produce fantastic pictures that are captivating is a brilliant choice.  For example Tim Hetherington who served during Libyan civil war explained his awesome works with the help of handheld device downloads; fly poster exhibitions and multi screen installations. 

10.Luck factors
Another important fact accepted by most of famous photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson is to wait patiently until you capture ultimate perfect capture image, which totally depends on luck factor along with dedicated input.

Born on Oct 2, 1949, in Westbury, Connecticut, Annie Leibovitz, nick-named Anna-Lou, began her studies in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1967. In the second year, she, with change of interest, switched over to photography.  

Post graduation, the period 1973-1983 saw Annie Leibovitz working as Chief Photographer with Rolling Stone, a fledgling magazine. She set her own trend then which portrayed too many bright main colors, detailed stage settings and strange postures. She also focused on shooting rock ‘n’ roll leading dancers who included The Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and The Beatles. While at Rolling Stone, she made 142 cover shots to her credit. 

Annie’s works:

Vanity Fair magazine where Leibovitz had a job in 1983, provided her ample scope for dealing with subjects of celebrated artistes. It was then that she published her first collection Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, a book connected with display of 60 of her copies. Widely circulated in the US and Europe, its popularity soared.

Surprisingly, Leibovitz took snaps of nude Goldberg in a milk-filled bathtub, and Demi Moore carrying and bare-bodied. Then she started engaging in business activities for concerns like Honda, American Express and The Gap which crowned her with a Clio Award in 1987.

Her photo works first found a place in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. in 1991 accompanied by a related book of 242 photos, Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990. The show was a resounding success, with a 6-year tour.   

It’s really a great honour for Leibovitz when she became the official photographer for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Taking photos of celebrity athletes in training, she again made a book of the photos, Olympic portraits.

Annie Leibovitz released in1999 yet another book containing photos of women, called “Women” and an essay by Susan Sontag. She released another book A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005 connected with a show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, personally called by her as “Memoirs in Photographs” in 2006 as it featured her own photos with celebrities.

Annie landed herself again in a dispute for her photo of a scantily-clad Miley Cirus that was found on Vanity Fair magazine. Some criticized it as too sexual, while Leibovitz justified it saying it was only wrongly interpreted.   

Personal life:

Annie Leibovitz’s first encounter with Susan Sontag happened when she went for taking shots of Susan for the book “Aids and its Metaphors” in 1989. A romantic relationship blossomed since then between the two that lasted until Sontag’s demise in 2004.

Leibovitz gave birth to a baby girl named Sarah in 2001. Through a surrogate mother, she further had two girls in 2005, named Susan and Samuelle, named after husband Susan Sontag and father Samuel. For her involvement and contributions to photography, she’s considered a legend.    

Recent past has witnessed phenomenally improved techniques in the field of photography enabling even novices to pose as experts. Their having in-depth knowledge to be able to offer clarifications and explain on improvements and techniques when asked, is highly doubtful. 

But, as you analyze and sift, you can come across a number of seasoned, talented professional photographers who are really knowledgeable making an ever-lasting stint through their memorable, world-famous shots. Their snapshots are really superb, speaking, beautiful and attractive carrying life in them. The ever- growing editing and manipulative techniques help the professionals mesmerize the viewers the world-over.  

Of great interest and worthiness would be to recall some eight photographers including Pete Souza, a multi-term presidential photographer and Ira Block, a world-trotting photographer here dwelling on their unparalleled works.

Pete Souza:

Starting 2008, Pete Souza is seen working as chief presidential photographer of the White House spanning many terms including those of President Ronald Reagan’s second term and presently President Obama’s two terms. Pete Souza’s works, which are mostly political covering the headquarters and further, make social media Instagram abuzz evoking keen interest the world-over. 

Jonathan Mannion:
The youths of cities, who are connoisseurs of rap music are crazy about this photographer’s snapshots. The shots mostly cover musical extravaganzas such as Biggie, Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne. Other snaps of the musical trope include the cover of Jay Z’s album ‘Reasonable Doubt’ rated by himself as the most exciting collection.   

Ira Block:
He is synonymous with National Geographic capturing shoots starting from 1970’s all through the world. His photos depict thrill, food habits and real life of people and forest denizens alike. In particular, his snapshots covering streets of New York City, Mexico’s picturesque buildings and waters of Thailand are all too famous.    

Brad Elterman:
Carving out a niche for himself as a classic music photographer, Elterman captured rock ‘n’ roll shows through his wicked lens as his forte. He further began adding references and authentications to Hollywood’s music scenes right from the 70’s. His chief, popular photo collections include those of the Runaways, the Who, the Ramones, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols.  

Nick Knight:
Also known as Sir Nick Knight, this British photographer’s career has been many-sided: he used to take snaps for brand advertisements of Calvin Klein, Alexander McQueen and Dior; he was an editor for fashion magazines-Vogue and W; and he has also made a small stint in pop music producing videos for Bjork and Lady Gaga.    

Ellen Von Unwerth:
It’s pop world, always and everywhere for this photographer. The other shoots include Unwerth in the company of stars like Kim Kardashian and Drew Barrymore.

Hank Willis Thomas:
He’s known for his concepts and themes which mostly relate to race and culture. Thomas’ photo shoots are so popular that they became museum exhibits in Guggenheim, Whitney and Museum of Modern Art.

Ami Vitale:
With a penchant for travel, Ami Vitale has traveled widely covering nearly 85 countries, studying cultures. An accredited messenger for Nikon, the iconic camera, she has had her works published in magazines-National Geographic and Time.