Chris:

For a local photograher in the Landscape or Maryland Life category- what about Aubrey Bodine?
I remember looking for his images in the Sunday Paper magazine commonly called the "Brown Section." I have several of his books and often sit back and enjoy a trip to times past.

Bodine is well deserving. My nod goes to the one who influenced me the most, Adams, upon whom I glommed in high school. But there art no wrong answers -- unless you choose my sister Leslie;)

War Photojournalist- Robert Capa- his photos brought the reality of war home long before TV and the Internet.

This is the one, personally, I debated the longest; Capa, Christopher Morris. Antonin Kratochvil, David Douglas Duncan, Larry Burrows. Many more I cannot think of but admire. Yet it is Nachtwey with whom I identify.

I'm not really sure where to categorize them, but a few of my favorites are robert frank, james nachtwey, scott strazzante, vincent laforet, andrea bruce, sebastiao salgado, bruce davidson, robert doisneau, and lee friedlander.

This may sound pompous, but for me, if Salgado gets someone to edit his work and he'd be on my list. Amazing seeing, yet I have a hard time getting through his epic books. Love his work.

All the rest are people of great talent and bodies of amazing work. Great list.

I'm with you on Gene Smith, Adams, Avedon, and Weston. I might consider Lee Friedlander in either the Modern or At Large categories. Nachtwey may in time be The Man, but for now I agree with Dennis' choice of Robert Capa in the War PJ category.

What to do with some others, like Gary Winogrand, Art Sinsabaugh, HCB, Paul Caponigro, just to name a few?

HCB (Henri Cartier-Bresson) is such a tur-de-force as one of the progenitors of modern photojournalism. Can he be categorized?

Chris:

Hope all is well with you up your way.

You forgot to mention just flat out all around damned good photojournalists working today. Clearly not a newspaper photojournalist, nor can he be pigeon holed in any one genre, but how about Dave Burnett?

You know where I stand on Capa, as his genius continues to inspire, even nearly 54 years after that land mine was tripped.

Yet speaking of exquisite colorists, how about that brilliant who spent some time at a paper in your home state before moving to the land of the yellow bordered cover, Dave Harvey? Or Alex Webb? Or for pushing visual boundaries and edges of frames, Gilles Peress? And for the sporting crown, John Biever or Walter Iooss?

And for wire guys, how about David Guttenfelder and John Moore.

Seems like being named Dave is a pre-requisite for being able to see and shoot well.

Well, said. Some great names.

Seems like being named Dave is a pre-requisite for being able to see and shoot well.

Well, that would explain my shooting problems!

Can't think of the Greatest without thinking of Cartier-Bresson. Avedon once said in an interview "We are all Cartier-Bresson Baby's.