3. Annie Leibovitz
American
photographer.
She
was
the
first
woman
to
exhibit
his
work
at
the
Na8onal
Portrait
Gallery
in
Washington
DC
and
the
last
to
portray
the
musician
John
Lennon
before
he
was
assassinated
in
1980.
is
the
highest
paid
photographer
in
the
world
and
has
worked
for
magazines
such
as
Vanity
Fair,
Rolling
Stone
and
Vogue.
In
1984
he
was
honored
by
the
American
Society
of
Magazine
Editors
as
a
photographer
of
the
year.
In
1988
he
received
the
Clio
Award
for
the
adver8sing
campaign
for
American
Express.
In
April
2000,
the
Library
of
Congress
gave
him
the
8tle
of
"Living
Legend."
In
2005,
American
Photo
Magazine
named
the
most
influen8al
photographer
of
our
8me.
In
May
2013
he
was
awarded
the
Prince
of
Asturias
Award
for
Communica8on
and
Humani8es.
6. David
LaChapelle
Is
a
photographer
and
director,
whose
work
is
to
present
carateriza
grotesquely
glamorous
images.
His
style
is
unique
and
recognizable
works
with
open
floorplans,
fresh
and
extremely
colorful
scenes
showing
their
pop-‐art
style.
His
shots
have
a
thorough
and
detailed
work,
working
with
the
physical
aspect
of
the
character
taking
it
almost
to
caricature.
"I
try
to
take
pictures
you
have
never
seen
before,"
says
LaChapelle.
Talented
crea8ve
play
with
fic8onal
and
grotesque
scenes
mostly
ar8ficial
and
has
an
excellent
produc8on,
the
images
are
generally
at
the
8me
of
the
decision,
with
lile
post-‐produc8on.
We
can
also
see
his
work
in
the
cri8cism
of
the
society
in
which
we
live
full
of
excesses
and
vanity.
7. David
LaChapelle
Its
uncondi8onal
dedica8on
to
originality
is
legend
in
the
world
of
fashion,
film
and
adver8sing.
LaChapelle
has
par8cipated
in
adver8sing
campaigns
for
a
variety
of
clients
including
L'Oreal,
Iceberg,
MTV,
Ecko,
Diesel
Jeans,
Sirius,
Ford,
Sky
Vodka,
Cerveceria
Cuauhtemoc
Moctezuma
and
the
Got
Milk
campaign
David
has
photographed
numerous
album
covers
for
ar8sts
like
Macy
Gray,
Moby,
No
Doubt,
Whitney
Houston,
Elton
John,
Chris8na
Aguilera,
Madonna
and
Kylie
Minogue.
10. Joel
Peter
Witkin
He
worked
as
a
war
photographer
between
1961
and
1964
in
the
Vietnam
War.
In
1967
he
decided
to
work
as
a
freelance
photographer
and
became
the
official
photographer
of
City
Walls
Inc.
acer
Cooper
studied
sculpture
at
the
School
of
Fine
Arts
in
Brooklyn
where
he
earned
a
bachelor
of
arts
degree
in
1974
Acer
the
Columbia
University
granted
him
a
grant
finished
his
studies
at
the
University
of
New
Mexico
in
Albuquerque
11. Joel
Peter
Witkin
His
photos
ocen
involve
thems
things
as
death,
sex,
bodies
and
people
like
dwarfs,
s
or
people
with
physical
deformi8es.
Its
complex
tableauxs
ocen
evoke
biblical
passages
or
famous
pain8ngs.
This
transgressive
nature
of
his
art
has
shocked
public
opinion
and
provoked
repeatedly
being
accused
of
operator
and
has
been
marginalized
as
an
ar8st
on
several
occasions.
His
approach
to
the
physical
process
of
photography
is
highly
intui8ve
including
stain
or
scratch
the
nega8ve
and
prin8ng
technique
with
hands
on
chemical.