Bernd Becher alongside Hilla Becher created meticulously composed gelatin silver prints of industrial and architectural structures with the same conceptual minimalist rigor seen in Sugimoto's World Trade Center photograph. Their typological approach to documenting built structures shares a cool objectivity and formal precision that directly parallels Sugimoto's architectural documentation.

As co-creator of the Becher typology project, Hilla Becher produced black and white architectural photographs that share the same documentary conceptualism and tonal restraint present in Sugimoto's gelatin silver urban imagery. Her commitment to capturing structures with austere clarity mirrors Sugimoto's treatment of iconic architecture.

Thomas Struth photographs urban streetscapes and architectural environments with a contemplative documentary approach that closely resembles Sugimoto's careful framing of the World Trade Center. His large format black and white cityscapes share the same sense of stillness, conceptual depth, and formal attention to built environments.