Text-to-image generative AI applications (like Midjourney) are incredibly powerful tools that can help you create any image that you’re able to sufficiently prompt.
These applications can create art in the style of nearly any known artist. Below, find reference art for some of the best-known artists. Use these reference images to prompt for art to be created “in the style of _______.”
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Style: Fine Art Photography
Key Descriptors: Controversial, Intimate, Sculptural, Classical
Cindy Sherman
Style: Conceptual Photography
Key Descriptors: Feminism, Subversive, Satirical, Ambiguous
Richard Avedon
Style: Fashion Photography
Key Descriptors: Emotional, Evocative, Candid, Expressive, Striking
Helmut Newton
Style: Fashion Photography
Key Descriptors: Bold, Empowering, Narrative, Sensual
Diane Arbus
Style: Fine Art Photography
Key Descriptors: Candid, Humanistic, Challenging, Subversive, Documentary
Ansel Adams
Style: Landscape Photography
Key Descriptors: Pristine, Dramatic, Precision, Contrast
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Style: Street Photography
Key Descriptors: Candid, Humanism, Documentary, Composition, Gestures
Edward Weston
Style: Landscape Photography
Key Descriptors: Natural, Texture, Modernist, Abstraction, Stillness
Dorothea Lange
Style: Documentary Photography
Key Descriptors: Social justice, Resilience, Human condition, Authentic
Robert Frank
Style: Street Photography
Key Descriptors: Candid, Intimate, Emotive, Poetic
Man Ray
Style: Surrealist Photography
Key Descriptors: Experimental, Photograms, Abstract, Symbolic
Irvin Penn
Style: Fashion Photography
Key Descriptors: Elegant, Minimalist, Composition, Detail, Light
Julia Margaret Cameron
Style: Portrait Photography
Key Descriptors: Ethereal, Romantic, Symbolic, Feminine
Alfred Stieglitz
Style: Landscape Photography
Key Descriptors: Modernist, Abstract, Intimate, Urban, Natural
Lee Friedlander
Style: Street Photography
Key Descriptors: Composition, Reflective, Candid, Everyday life, Playful
Brassaï
Style: Street Photography
Key Descriptors: Shadows, Atmosphere, Surreal, Gritty, Urban
Walker Evans
Style: Documentary Photography
Key Descriptors: Realism, Poetic, Social critique, Vernacular, Detail
Thomas Struth
Style: Landscape Photography
Key Descriptors: Large-scale, Precision, Contemporary, Symmetry, Meditative
Paul Strand
Style: Landscape Photography
Key Descriptors: Abstraction, Texture, Stillness, Clarity, Light
Ralph Gibson
Style: Fine Art Photography
Key Descriptors: Minimalist, Abstraction, Shadows, Narrative, Contrast
Nan Goldin
Style: Fine Art Photography
Key Descriptors: Intimate, Raw, Emotion, Realism, Relationships
Garry Winogrand
Style: Street Photography
Key Descriptors: Spontaneity, Decisive moments, Chaos, Observational, Witty
