The top 200 photographers requested by Midjourney users have been exclusively revealed to PetaPixel. A well-known name tops the list.
Another well known American photographer, Goldin explores themes of identity and intimacy. She is best known for her work with the LGBT community in New York in the 1980s.Gregory Crewdson’s work is reminiscent of filmmaker David Lynch but in his still images, Crewdson’s creepy depictions of American suburbia blur the lines between big movie production sets and photography.
Petra Collins’ name has become a byword for a certain aesthetic; the same oneCanadian photographer Collins gained prominence in the early 2010s for her emotionally charged, dreamlike photography shot on film. She has been credited as “leading a new wave of female gaze-led photography.”Like Collins, Elsa Bleda has a strong aesthetic but one that focuses more on cityscapes than portraiture. “Bleda’s Midjourney style is characterized by its surreal and cinematic qualities, featuring muted tones with neon accents that evoke a sense of mystery and fantasy,” notes Midlibrary.Arguably the most iconic American photographer of all time, Ansel Adams’ black and white landscapes defined the American West in the 20th century.Another all-time great who is closely associated with the Surrealist and Dada movements that centered in Paris in the 1920s. Man Ray is a photography pioneer who pushed the limits of the medium but considered himself a painter.The work of fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon is instantly recognizable for his high-key, high-contrast, arresting style. “Richard Avedon’s Midjourney style representation is characterized by its surreal and classical approach to portraiture. The images are predominantly black and white, emphasizing fine lines and expressive details,” says Midlibrary.The Top 200 Prompted Photographers on Midjourney Kapwing produced a list of the 200 most prompted photographers that contain huge names like William Eggleston, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Weegee, Robert Capa, and Lee Miller, among many others.Nan Goldin – 25,486 promptsAnsel Adams – 16,600 promptsAlex Strohl – 10,739 promptsBrandon Woelfel – 8,443 promptsPaolo Roversi – 6,149 promptsRobert Mapplethorpe – 5,536 promptsErik Madigan Heck – 4,749 promptsBella Kotak – 4,160 promptsAliza Razell – 3,733 promptsAlessio Albi – 3,167 promptsRoger Ballen – 2,904 promptsCindy Sherman – 2,551 promptsMarianna Rothen – 2,364 promptsHenri Cartier-Bresson – 2,056 promptsNobuyoshi Araki – 1,987 promptsWeegee – 1,863 promptsBert Stern – 1,736 promptsNatalia Drepina – 1,484 promptsMikko Lagerstedt – 1,399 promptsMatt Molloy – 1,293 promptsOlivia Locher – 1,140 promptsVeronika Pinke – 1,067 promptsMichael Shainblum – 1,002 promptsFrank Horvat – 915 promptsScarlett Hooft Graafland – 827 promptsRay Collins – 778 promptsJosef Koudelka – 720 promptsEdward Weston – 674 promptsNick Veasey – 640 promptsAlasdair McLellan – 589 promptsOlive Cotton – 552 promptsNathan Wirth – 513 promptsLarry Fink – 489 promptsPaul Fusco – 455 promptsLaurent Baheux – 449 promptsTJ Drysdale – 420 promptsArthur Elgort – 396 promptsJosef Sudek – 369 promptsRobby Cavanaugh – 314 promptsBen Goossens – 277 promptsJulia Margaret Cameron – 255 promptsEtienne-Jules Marey – 236 promptsRichard Misrach – 208 promptsKaren Knorr – 167 promptsMichael Wesely – 149 promptsAntanas Sutkus – 121 promptsNelleke Pieters – 101 promptsMax Dupain – 78 promptsMartine Franck – 36 promptsWolfgang Suschitzky – 14 promptsI don’t think there’s anything wrong with photographers trying to emulate the style of their favorite famous photographers. It’s an entirely natural part of the process. However, to remove the camera from the equation puts a sour taste in my mouth. Generating “photos” in the style of someone else with text prompts in a web app, like so much of the AI slop on the web, reflects complete creative bankruptcy. As for which photographers are on the list of most inspiring or most victimized, depending on your view, it’s an interesting mix. But one thing they all have in common is that they use, or used, their cameras as artistic tools to capture specific moments in time and tell meaningful stories rooted in reality. A prompt for generative AI does none of that. Further, AI initiates interesting discussions on how much a person’s hard-earned, established aesthetic style is part and parcel their protected creative work. Untangling the “look” of an artist from the “work” of an artist is complicated, and AI may very well prove to be on the wrong side of the matter.How you feel about the wrongs or rights of emulating a photographer for an AI image will undoubtedly color the way you see this list. But putting that thorny issue to one side for a moment, it is a fascinating mix of names that tell us something about which photographers are breaking through. Names like Petra Collins and Elsa Bleda have only recently found fame, yet they appear sixth and seventh on this list. I have to admit, I hadn’t even heard of Bleda but she now has one extra Instagram follower. Like Collins, Bleda’s photos are cinematic, evocative, or as the kids say,Other vibey young photographers on the list are Alex Strohl and Jingna Zhang . Strohl is huge on social media and his landscape photographs are both moody and moving. While Zhang’s conceptual portraits are beautiful, I know for certain she will not be happy to be on this list as Zhang is involved with lawsuits against several AI companies,
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