Cunningham created intimate gelatin silver portraits of fellow artists and photographers in their working environments, sharing Modotti's modernist sensibility and interest in documenting creative individuals with directness and psychological depth.

Abbott produced celebrated black and white portrait photographs of modernist artists and intellectuals at work, combining sharp documentary precision with an artistic reverence for creative figures that closely mirrors Modotti's approach in this piece.

Jacobi was known for her intimate gelatin silver portraits of artists, writers, and intellectuals during the modernist era, capturing her subjects with the same quiet intensity and professional dignity that Modotti brought to her portrait of Weston with his camera.