Penn shared Mapplethorpe's dedication to precise, formally composed black and white portrait photography with a refined and elegant aesthetic. His gelatin silver prints demonstrate the same meticulous attention to light, shadow, and the psychological presence of the subject.

Ritts worked in the same tradition of highly controlled black and white fine art portrait and figure photography, producing gelatin silver prints with a sculptural clarity and elegance closely aligned with Mapplethorpe's signature approach.

Horst produced formally composed black and white portrait photographs that share Mapplethorpe's emphasis on precise lighting, classical beauty, and an elevated aesthetic sensibility applied to figure and portrait subjects.