I really enjoyed this challenge, I have personally found Aaron Siskind's work very inspiring and judging by the awesome entries so did many of you. well done everyone.
It was very hard to narrow it down and I chose different ones each time I looked , but here are some finalists... do take the time to view large, and if you want to see the artist's work to help you make your judgement see here
http://ccp.uair.arizona.edu/item/28202
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