# Photographer / Artist Style > Ground an AI image or video in the signature of a photographer, cinematographer or illustrator. Pick up to 2 of 63 creators, such as Roger Deakins. Source: https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/creative-controls/photographer The **Photographer / Artist Style** picker grounds the look of an image or a video in the signature of a known creator. You choose up to two creators from its catalog: fashion and street photographers, cinematographers, digital artists and illustrators. Nodaro adds tested wording for their style to the prompt of every node you connect it to. The picker never calls a model, so it costs no credits. - Found in: Creative Controls › Light & Look - Output: text - API type: `photographer` ## When to use it - Light a scene like a film: choose a cinematographer, such as Roger Deakins or Emmanuel Lubezki. - Give a portrait an editorial signature from the Editorial / Fashion group. - Make a candid image feel like classic street photography, such as Henri Cartier-Bresson or Vivian Maier. - Draw in an animation or illustration tradition, such as Studio Ghibli, Makoto Shinkai or Alphonse Mucha. - Keep one creator's look across a whole batch of shots. ## How to use it ### Add the picker Open the node picker and choose **Creative Controls › Light & Look › Photographer / Artist Style**. ### Choose up to two creators Click the node and choose a creator from the list. Choose a second one to blend two signatures. ### Connect it Drag from the picker's output to the **Look** input of a [Generate Image](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/image/generate-image) or [Generate Video](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/generate-video) node. You can also connect it to a [Text](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/automate/text) or [Prompt](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/automate/prompt) node to use the wording in a longer text. ### Run the image or video node The style clause is added to the end of the prompt when the connected node runs. Workflow: A cinematographer's style and a lighting setup wired into the Look input of Generate Image. - Text → Generate Image (prompt) - Photographer / Artist Style → Generate Image (look) - Lighting → Generate Image (look) ## Settings | Setting | What it does | | --- | --- | | **Photographer / Artist Style** | The creators to add. Pick up to 2. A new node starts with **Tim Walker**. | | **Custom text (before)** | Your own words, added before the style clause, for example `early-career style`. | | **Custom text (after)** | Your own words, added after the style clause. | | **Prompt hint** | **Full** (default) adds a longer description of each style. **Compact** adds only the short term. See [Full or Compact](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/creative-controls#full-or-compact). | To see the exact words the picker will add, switch the node to the **Prompt** or **Both** display mode. The settings panel shows the same text under **Will inject into prompt**. ## Every photographer and artist Filter by group or search by name. The words under each name are the term the picker adds in **Compact** mode. **Editorial / Fashion** - Tim Walker: `by tim walker, painterly fairytale fashion` - Paolo Roversi: `by paolo roversi, soft ethereal polaroid glow` - Marta Bevacqua: `by marta bevacqua, dreamy painterly portraiture` - Patrick Demarchelier: `by patrick demarchelier, refined classic fashion` - Nick Knight: `by nick knight, high-gloss avant-garde fashion` - Mario Testino: `by mario testino, glamorous sun-soaked fashion` - Steven Meisel: `by steven meisel, polished mid-century editorial` - Helmut Newton: `by helmut newton, hard-flash monochrome glamour` - Mario Sorrenti: `by mario sorrenti, intimate grainy fashion` - Annie Leibovitz: `by annie leibovitz, cinematic celebrity portraiture` - Felicia Simion: `by felicia simion, surreal pastoral fine art` - Oleg Oprisco: `by oleg oprisco, cinematic film-grain storytelling` - Bella Kotak: `by bella kotak, fantasy-folkloric portraiture` - Yigal Ozeri: `by yigal ozeri, hyperreal painted portraiture` - Jimmy Marble: `by jimmy marble, pastel candy-bright editorial` - Rinko Kawauchi: `by rinko kawauchi, quiet light-suffused everyday` - Ellen von Unwerth: `by ellen von unwerth, playful retro pin-up` - Robert Mapplethorpe: `by robert mapplethorpe, formalist studio monochrome` - Cindy Sherman: `by cindy sherman, staged conceptual film-still portraiture` - Gregory Crewdson: `by gregory crewdson, cinematic suburban tableau` - David LaChapelle: `by david lachapelle, hyper-saturated surrealist camp` - Steven Klein: `by steven klein, hard-edged fashion glamour` - Peter Lindbergh: `by peter lindbergh, minimalist monochrome fashion` - Wolfgang Tillmans: `by wolfgang tillmans, candid on-camera-flash snapshot` - Juergen Teller: `by juergen teller, deadpan direct-flash snapshot` - Irving Penn: `by irving penn, austere mid-century studio portraiture` - Ryan McGinley: `by ryan mcginley, sun-flared candid youth` - Tyler Mitchell: `by tyler mitchell, soft-light contemporary portraiture` - Petra Collins: `by petra collins, dreamy pink-saturated 35mm` - Edward Weston: `by edward weston, modernist monochrome still life` - Cecil Beaton: `by cecil beaton, theatrical hollywood-era portraiture` **Documentary / Street** - Henri Cartier-Bresson: `by henri cartier-bresson, decisive-moment street` - Vivian Maier: `by vivian maier, mid-century american street` - Saul Leiter: `by saul leiter, painterly color street` - Daido Moriyama: `by daido moriyama, grainy high-contrast street` - Robert Capa: `by robert capa, visceral combat photojournalism` - Sebastiao Salgado: `by sebastiao salgado, epic monochrome documentary` - Diane Arbus: `by diane arbus, stark confrontational portraiture` **Cinematographer** - Roger Deakins: `shot by roger deakins, painterly natural light` - Emmanuel Lubezki: `shot by emmanuel lubezki, floating natural-light immersion` - Greig Fraser: `shot by greig fraser, tactile anamorphic cinematography` - Christopher Doyle: `shot by christopher doyle, saturated handheld neon` **Concept / Digital** - Greg Rutkowski: `by greg rutkowski, epic painterly fantasy concept art` - Magali Villeneuve: `by magali villeneuve, heroic fantasy character art` - Charlie Bowater: `by charlie bowater, atmospheric digital portraiture` - Sam Spratt: `by sam spratt, allegorical hyperreal portraiture` - Ruan Jia: `by ruan jia, lush painterly fantasy portraiture` - Ilya Kuvshinov: `by ilya kuvshinov, anime-inflected stylized portrait` - WLOP: `by wlop, ethereal painterly fantasy portraiture` - Artgerm: `by artgerm, polished comic-book pinup illustration` **Illustrator / Animator** - Makoto Shinkai: `by makoto shinkai, luminous cinematic anime skies` - Studio Ghibli: `by studio ghibli, hand-painted animation warmth` - Alphonse Mucha: `by alphonse mucha, art-nouveau decorative panel` - Carne Griffiths: `by carne griffiths, ink-bleed botanical portraiture` - Conrad Roset: `by conrad roset, gentle watercolor figure` - Akihito Yoshida: `by akihito yoshida, quiet ink-and-grain monochrome` - Karol Bak: `by karol bak, symbolist gilded muse` - Ismail Inceoglu: `by ismail inceoglu, mythic painterly landscape` - Stefan Gesell: `by stefan gesell, dark surreal portraiture` - Andrew Atroshenko: `by andrew atroshenko, romantic impressionist figure` - Peter Gric: `by peter gric, architectural surrealist landscape` - Ingrid Baars: `by ingrid baars, sculptural fashion-art collage` - Guido van Helten: `by guido van helten, monumental muralist portraiture` ## Tips - **Mix a creator with a style.** Combine this picker with [Style](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/creative-controls/style) or [Aesthetic / Microtrend](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/creative-controls/aesthetic) for a hybrid signature. - **Match the genre.** A fashion photographer reads best with a matching [Photo Genre](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/creative-controls/photo-genre), such as Fashion Editorial or Lookbook. - **Place it in time.** Add [Era / Period](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/creative-controls/era) to anchor the creator's look in a decade. - **Keep a project's look.** Connect one picker to every image node of a project, so every shot shares the same signature. ## Frequently asked questions ### What does the Photographer / Artist Style picker do? It adds a style clause based on a known creator, such as a fashion photographer, a street photographer, a cinematographer or an illustrator, to the prompt of every image or video node it is connected to. ### Does the Photographer / Artist Style picker cost credits? No. Pickers only change the prompt. You pay only for the generation node that uses it. ### Can I combine two creators? Yes. The picker accepts up to 2 creators, for example a cinematographer for the light and an illustrator for the drawing. ### Which creators are in the catalog? The catalog has 63 creators in 5 groups, Editorial / Fashion, Documentary / Street, Cinematographer, Concept / Digital and Illustrator / Animator. Search the gallery on this page to see all of them.