Cartier-Bresson similarly combined documentary precision with poetic visual composition in black and white gelatin silver prints, capturing decisive moments that carry both political and humanistic weight across European landscapes and societies.

Salgado works in the same monochromatic documentary tradition, producing deeply expressive gelatin silver prints that blend political consciousness with a lyrical, artistic sensibility rooted in landscape and human struggle.

Frank shared Koudelka's approach of using black and white photography to blend documentary observation with poetic and political commentary, producing stark monochrome images that convey cultural and social conditions with raw emotional intensity.