Photographers Who Use Iconography

Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe looked to Classical Greek iconography for inspiration.

‘Prisoner, Dying Slave’ Michelangelo

‘Jamie’ (1974)

‘Study for the Naked Balzac’ Rodin

‘Derrick Cross’

‘Christ on the Cross’ Matthias Grünewald

But also has influences from Christian iconography
Joel Peter Witkin
Witkin has been influenced by religious and classical art.