Source: The 50 Most Influential Photographers of the Past 10 Years.

Without a doubt, photography has helped to shape our experience. It captures our joys, desires, accomplishments just as it does our problems, fears and failures. This list aims to mention many of the photographers affecting the way we see the world we live in—from the isolated forests of a far off land, to fashion models, to your kitchen sink. 

via The 50 Most Influential Photographers of the Past 10 Years | Complex UK.

Interesting list. I’d heard of only 10 or 11 of them – mostly amongst those in the top 20. This shows just how woeful my knowledge of contemporary photography is. I’ll have to do some more research, reading etc. My opinion on this list? I started to write something about my take on contemporary photography, but then realized that this contradicted my earlier comment saying I was not familiar with many of the photographers. I’d better keep my mouth shut until I have a better understanding than I do at the moment.

As final parting shot let me quote Maris at the Analog Photography Users Group (APUG) whose view echoes my own preliminary thoughts (although I’m not sure that I’d go along with the use use of the word ‘indictment’):

I’d suggest the list is an indictment of modern critical and curatorial thought that confuses photographs of great things (installation, tableaux, performance, assemblage, …) with great photographs of things.