1. Boris Mikhalov.

Born in 1938 in Ukraine, Kovov was originally a technical engineer. He began to dabble in photography at the age of 28. After the KGB searched for nude photos of his wife, he was fired from the factory. , and he has since become a full-time photographer.

Boris Mikhalov is undoubtedly the most outstanding photographer of the former Soviet Union.

In a photography career that spans about 30 years, he has taken a large number of photographic works that can be called classics. At the same time, he continues to develop himself, rather than staying in the position of an orthodox artist.

In 1998, he held an exhibition called "Case history", displaying photos reflecting daily life. A album of the same name was published in 1999.

Boris Mikhailov shoots in a wide range of areas, with one feature being very different in form from another.

It is difficult to define his photography style and aesthetic point of view.

However, he has always believed that the function of photography is communication. He believes that the media must help the audience understand more about the relationship between individuals and society.

Boris Mikhailov's work is often surprising and eclectic.

Many of his early works, including "Private Series" (late 1960s), "Red Series" (1968-1975), "Luriki" (1971-1985), are in the attitude of photography. It's humorous.

The works in "Private Series" resemble a photo album, all of which show people in their rooms; women exercising; dancing and parties.

In "Red Series", Boris Mikhalov uses snapshot techniques to shoot daily life and describe the public's attention to the red things that inevitably appear in life.

The "Luriki" series includes all the images taken by Boris Mikhailov when he was a "commercial" photographer in the 1970s. During this period, his job was to retouch and color old photos.

2. Donald Weber

Weber created the book with author Larry Frolick and published it with the famous publishing company Schilt.

Based on Amsterdam, Schilt looked at Marcus Blissdale's A Country, Stanley Greene's Black Passport and Thomas Dworzak's Caucasus***.

To help fund this project, Weber has set up three collector's editions - $200, $500 and $1,000, all of which include a signed copy of the book and a *** edition, an archival printed bronze medal, Silver and gold medals, (in different sizes and edition numbers), signed, stamped and numbered and packed in Ukrainian police folders.

The book will be packaged in an old police report form and handmade box with a stamp and wax seal.

"The photography was getting very popular with Kickstarter and other crowdfunding programs, but I didn't want to go that route," Weber said.

"I looked at books and aperture radii as a model to some extent, studying its *** set and each package printing structure is as unique as I have handmade it.

I want it to be a good art project, very arts and crafts

3. Jim Reed

Jim Reed was born in Erie. Springfield, N.Y., where he experienced various harsh climates, such as ice storms, blizzards, floods, hurricanes... Later, the camera given to him by his mother inspired his interest in photography.

After graduating from the film major, he worked in film and television production, but he found that four-fifths of the work was interrupted due to weather. Reed suddenly realized: "I turned the camera in the wrong direction, and the lens was actually in the wrong direction." It should point to the sky! "Since then, he has shifted the focus of his work to extreme weather photography.

He is recognized as one of the most outstanding extreme weather photographers in the world of photography.

In the past 20 years, he has been working full-time During his photography career, he tracked as many as 357 storms, experienced 17 major hurricanes, filmed more than 60 tornado documentaries, and was invited to serve as a consultant for hurricane special effects in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow"

His works have been published in famous newspapers and magazines such as National Geographic, ***, and Time.

4. Anne Gottis

Born in. Australia, now living in Auckland, New Zealand, is a member of the New Zealand Professional Photographers Association.

Anne Gottis has captured a large number of children's photography works with her extraordinary imagination and unique style. Worldwide recognition and acclaim

Anne is married to her business partner KeI and they have two children.

5. Annie Leibovitz, a famous American female photographer

It has never been easy to be a woman, to break into a photography world that has always been dominated by men. The world is getting harder and harder, but Annie Leibovitz has taken up the banner.

In 2005, "American Photography" magazine named her "the only most influential photographer still shooting today." She has also been shortlisted for the "American Photography" "100" list three times. "A person with an important influence in the field of photography", which shows his important position in the history of American photography today.

She is the most important female video artist working today and one of the best-paid photographers in the world.

6. Mario Testino

Mario Testino is the most popular photographer in the fashion circle.

His fashion photography is highly artistic.

Mario Testino has shot fashion shoots for a large number of first-class fashion magazines such as "Vogue", "Vanity Fair", and "The Face", and has also shot fashion shoots for GUCCI, Calvin Klein, BURBERRY, Luxury brands such as Ralph Lauren, Versace, Estée Lauder, and VALENTINO shoot annual commercials.

7. Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel is one of the most famous fashion photographers in the United States today. He is a photographer for the American and Italian editions of "VOGUE" The blockbuster movies he shot were very popular, and the first episode "Sex" he shot for Madonna in 1992 was even more sensational.

French fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier (Patrick Demarchelier)

Patrick Demarchelier, born in Le Havre, France in 1943, is one of the few top photographers of this era One of the teachers.

Demarchelier's life is just like his works: capable and focused, he can make you relax and feel casual in a few minutes.

He has unique imagination and judgment in visual presentation, and is also a good team player.

Influenced by classical paintings and classic photography, Patrick Demarchelier is good at controlling light and grasping the lines and structure of the human body.

Whether it is beautiful fashion or a head on the African savannah. Elephants can all discover their astonishing beauty under his lens.

8. Henri Cartier-Bresson (France)

Known as one of the top ten contemporary photographers, the world-famous master of snapshot photography - the famous French photographer Photographer Henry. Mr. Cartier Bresson (Henri·cartit·Bresson) was born in 1908 in Seine-et-Marne, France.

He was passionate about art as a child and studied under the painters Gordon Nay and André Lott.

From 1922 to 1928, he studied in middle school but did not graduate.

During this time, he owned a Brownie camera, initially just to take photos of his holiday life to enrich his souvenir album.

Soon, at the end of the vacation, he began to seriously observe everything through the viewfinder, which gradually made the small world in his mind wider: due to Griffith's blockbuster "New York" The influence of films such as "Secret", Strohain's debut "Broken Lilies", Eisenstein's "Birds of Prey", and soon he met some photographers and was fascinated by their photography. He developed a belief in devoting himself to the art of photography, and took great pleasure in photography, developing and printing photos by himself.

9. Zhou Meisheng

A humanistic geography photographer, he is the greatest famous scholar-photographer in my country! He was born in Nanjing, grew up in Beijing, and graduated from Tianjin University.

He studied calligraphy and painting since childhood and has been working as a photojournalist and art editor for 20 years. He is also a music planner, photographer, travel and human geography columnist, and a photography professor in art schools.

Currently, he is the art director of Electronic Industry Press.

He has published more than 200,000 words of academic articles and more than 200 works in the authoritative "China Photography" magazine for three consecutive years.

In view of his pioneering work in "World Heritage Imaging", he won the "World Heritage Promotion Award" issued by the World Heritage Foundation in 2007.

He has successively published the series "Anecdotes of Ancient Capitals", "Anecdotes of Ancient Houses", and "Scholar's Lens - Images of Chinese Culture".

He has lectured at CCTV’s “Hundred Forum” and “China National Geographic” “CNG Lecture Hall”.

Host of the "Focus on Heritage" column of "China Photography", chief writer of the "Talk about Shadows under the Light" column of "Photography World", and executive editor of "Canon Garden".

In recent years, he has focused on the special research and photography of "World Natural and Cultural Heritage in China" of the UNESCO "World Heritage Committee", and conducted preliminary exploration from the aspects of geography, humanities, history and current situation. .

10. Robert Doisneau (1912-1994), one of the main representatives of French humanist photography.

In the French photography world, Bresson and Bresson can be called a pair of masters who go hand in hand.

The photography of these two people is mainly documentary, but their styles are completely different.

Cartier-Bresson often traveled around the world, and his works are relatively deep and serious, caring about the suffering of nationalities in various places.

Doisnot only used Paris, where he lived, as his creative base throughout his life, and liked to capture humorous moments in the daily lives of ordinary people.

Born on April 14, 1912 in Gentilly, Paris, France.

From 1926 to 1929, he studied stone engraving at the Estienne School in Paris and graduated from it.

In 1931, he served as assistant to André Vigneau.

The first set of picture stories composed of photographs was sold in 1932.