Photography Artist - Stephen Shore, Lee Friedlander, Rudy Dijkstra

Stephen Shore is an American photographer known for his deadpan images of banal scenes and objects in the United States, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography. Shore embarked on a series of cross-country trips, making "on the road" photographs of American and Canadian landscapes. In 1972, he made the journey from Manhattan to Amarillo, Texas, that provoked his interest in color photography. Viewing the streets and towns he passed through, he conceived the idea to photograph them in color. - wikipedia

His images are interesting, but nothing inspiring for me personally. They portray dusty, worn down old America. The colors are interesting because that's half of what is giving that feeling.

Lee Friedlander is an American photographer and artist. Friedlander's style focused on the "social landscape". His art used detached images of urban life, store-front reflections, structures framed by fences, and posters and signs all combining to capture the look of modern life. - wikipedia

These image are much more interesting to me. The black and white is dramatic, but its the unique points of view for each image that I find so interesting. He captures mirrors and shadows and tv screens when they are the most interesting. I particularly like his work Florida (with sexy eyes), 1963.

Rudy Vanderlans  is a Dutch type and graphic designer and the co-founder of Emigre, an independent type foundry. In 1984, VanderLans, with his wife Zuzana Licko, founded Emigre and began to publish Emigregraphic magazine, a journal for experimental design. - wikipedia

The images that Google pulls up from a 'Rudy Vanderlans' search are mostly bright colors and text layouts. I respect graphic designers, but I don't have much interesting in becoming one. I couldn't seem to find much of his pure photographic work, so I don't think I've got a good feel for him.