I definitely agree that you have some heavy weights in your list; incredible works by all listed.

I’ve yet to make it to Yosemite. It’s on our list and hopefully we’ll get there in the next 5 years. I would imagine it was great growing up in that area…I grew up surrounded by corn fields so I’m not all that enthralled by them, but I do find beauty in them when I head back to the midwest now. Mountains captured my heart and I’m happy to see them every day.

My ex and I worked Adams’ Zone system for quite awhile and I agree, I enjoy his B&W work very much. (And the fact that we grew up near Yosemite, where he took a lot of his best stuff, helps–Adams was all over the place).

I have to admit that, side by side, I prefer Weston’s work to Adams. It’s probably because I am less fond of scenics than I am portraits and still-life work, and Weston was just amazing at that stuff. Still, I was very tempted to unsymmetrize (is that a word?) the list and make it 6n7. But then we’d also need to add Arbus, Cameron, Ray, Winogrand, etc….