11 Photography: A Short List of Really Great Photographers

Portrait
Cindy Sherman - http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/segment-cindy-sherman-in-transformation
Mary-Ellen Mark- http://www.maryellenmark.com/
http://vimeo.com/35321192

Richard Avedon
Herb Ritz
Cecil Beaton
Phillipe Halsman
Yousuf Karsh

Landscape/World

Ansel Adams- Landscape Photographer
Edward Weston

Journalism

Henri Cartier Bresson

Advertising

Irving Penn - https://www.google.ca/search?q=carolyn+cole&espv=210&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=BH4NU7LuJNDCoATz4oGYBw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1536&bih=1275#q=irving+penn&tbm=isch

Fashion

Melvin Sokolsky - http://www.sokolsky.com/ 
Richard Avedon
Irving Penn

Social Commentary

Diane Arbus
Nan Golden

Street

Robert Frank- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHtRZBDOgag
Bill Cunningham - http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/billcunninghamnewyork/  GREAT FILM!
Vivian Maier-