The Most Famous Fine Art Photography Artists: A Reasoned Top 20 Using Objective Data & Career Facts

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In this article, we are pleased to present you the most extensive online resource on fine art photography, with a reasoned selection of 20 highly established artists, ranked from 20 to 1 using the Artfacts algorithm measuring their influence and importance using objective data and career facts —such as exhibitions at major institutions, auction results, participation in major art events, art fairs and exposure in major art publications.

As we can only touch briefly on every artist, we have included hyperlinks at the end of every artist biography, referring to the best monographic publication available on the artist in question:

20. Rineke Dijkstra: https://amzn.to/3ueWqaP
19. Diane Arbus: https://amzn.to/3DMsnu7
18. Walker Evans: https://amzn.to/35KNZdP
17. Bernd & Hilla Becher: https://amzn.to/3NRsaKz
16. Catherine Opie: https://amzn.to/3jbVGNi
15. Carrie Mae Weems: https://amzn.to/37meyGp
14. Henri Cartier-Bresson: https://amzn.to/3J7Zf1q
13. Jeff Wall: https://amzn.to/35PUfRC
12. Nobuyoshi Araki: https://amzn.to/3r8R92y
11. László Moholy-Nagy: https://amzn.to/38ysEW3
10. Shirin Neshat: https://amzn.to/3Jet3JK
9. Zanele Muholi: https://amzn.to/3JlUVfi
8. Robert Mapplethorpe: https://amzn.to/3NVgrL5
7. Candida Höfer: https://amzn.to/3ryLJi2
6. Andreas Gursky: https://amzn.to/3DIUFFX
5. Nan Goldin: https://amzn.to/3xKsXFv
4. Man Ray: https://amzn.to/3DNwyol
3. Thomas Ruff: https://amzn.to/3izCybS
2. Cindy Sherman: https://amzn.to/3AhfPaP
1. Wolfgang Tillmans: https://amzn.to/3ll22LT

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Table of contents:
00:00 — Introduction
00:37 — Fine Art Photography Explained
02:44 — Honorable Mentions
¬03:29 — 20. Rineke Dijkstra
04:11 — 19. Diane Arbus
04:57 — 18. Walker Evans
05:47 — 17. Bernd & Hilla Becher
06:37 — 16. Catherine Opie
07:20 — 15. Carrie Mae Weems
08:00 — 14. Henri Cartier-Bresson
08:47 — 13. Jeff Wall
09:35 — 12. Nobuyoshi Araki
10:17 — 11. László Moholy-Nagy
11:13 — 10. Shirin Neshat
11:54 — 9. Zanele Muholi
12:33 — 8. Robert Mapplethorpe
13:25 — 7. Candida Höfer
14:22 — 6. Andreas Gursky
15:13 — 5. Nan Goldin
16:07 — 4. Man Ray
16:53 — 3. Thomas Ruff
17:41 — 2. Cindy Sherman
18:31 — 1. Wolfgang Tillmans