----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernst-Ulrich Schafer" <ernstphoto@msn.com> > > > ... are there any dead canonical US photographers who are best known > >for > >color work? > > Ernst Haas > Laura Gilpen much as I admire Ernst Haas' work, the fundamental flaw with looking at the work of dead photographers, is that they are dead, gone, cablooie, and in many cases have been superceded by living photographer such as Mike "nick" Nichols and his work for national geographic. Just because a photographer is dead, doesn't make him/ her a master.