Brad Hitz

Brad Hitz is a very interesting guy, he worked a lot of jobs to save enough money to go to Brooks Institute of photography. He works in fashion and in fine art. He works in all different mediums in photography, for example he works with daguerreotype and ambrotype and his subject matter changes a bit, but he keeps his photography interesting. His website is, http://www.bradhitz.com/

Gordon Matta-Clark

Gordon Matta Clark (1943-1978), he is famous for the "building cuts," which is a series of works in which he cut up abandoned buildings, and took document of it through photos and video. His work includes recycling and performance pieces. He studied at Cornell University, and when he was there he studied architecture, but he didn't use architecture in the way you would think. He described his architecture as "Anarchitecture".

August Sander

August Sander was born in Herdorf Germany. He was the son of a miner. He toured Germany as a commercial photographer. His specialty was architectural and industrial images. In 1901 August was employed with the Photographic Studio Graf in Linz, Austria.
August is well known for his "People of the Twentieth Century" work, his life long project showing the people of Germany. he won many awards over the years including a gold medal and the Cross of Honor in a Paris Exhibition. In 1963 August Sander suffered a stroke and died a few months later.

http://www.fraenkelgallery.com/index.php#mi=&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=27&at=1

Jason Salavon

Salavon who lives in Chicago Il, uses a grouping of images to make his photographs. He will pick a subject and gather about a hundred pictures and then blend them together using a photo merger that he created himself. The end result is a semi-blurred picture of that subject. I like his photos because they are not personal but you can still tell what they are.

Hellen Van Meene

Hellen Van Meene was born in Alkmaar, Holland in 1972, she attended the Gerrit Reitveld Academy, Amsterdam and College of Art, Edinburgh Scotland, and has exhibited internationally. Her work is held in the collections of major museums worldwide including the Stedelijk Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, MoCA Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her photos use a muted light which gives the photos an atmosphere that hovers between melancholy and departure.
http://hellenvanmeene.com/

Liu Zheng

Liu Zheng was born in 1969 in Hebei Provence. He studied optical engineering at the Beijing Technology Institute. Between 1991-1997 he worked as a professional photojournalist for The Worker's Daily. For 10 years Zheng worked on his "The Chinese" project which highlighted the people and country during a time of flux.
Liu is known for photographing homeless children, prostitutes, people in unexpected situations.His solo exhibits have been shown world wide such as New York, China and France. He was inspired by Diane Arbus and August Sander.

http://www.artnet.com/artist/423875672/liu-zheng.html