Ten Photographers to Follow on Twitter

If a picture is worth a thousand words, than photographers have an unfair advantage to those of us limited to 140 characters. The photographers listed here don’t just Tweet images, but when they do they’re worth the click. They also Tweet all about photography and link to stories to help aspiring photographers. All rights to all photos I’ve included here belong to the photographers. Here are some of the best photographers on Twitter:

10. Scott Bourne - ScottBourne
Photo book author, teacher and publisher of Photofocus.

Sample tweet: Five MORE ways to improve your photography without buying gear – http://bit.ly/1IL9gS – #photog

Sample photo:

9. Lisa Bettany - mostlylisa
A photographer, blogger and TV host from Vancouver.

Sample tweet: making an iPhone ringtone to go with my Halloween costume. i take dressing up very seriously. – http://su.pr/8M2jv8

Sample photo:

8. Gary Arndt - everywheretrip
Arndt calls himself a one-man National Geographic. He’s traveled to 60 countries in the last few years, taking photos of them all.

Sample tweet: Last year at this time I was just entering Vietnam. Here are my first thoughts on the country – http://su.pr/8M2jv8

Sample photo:

7. Jeff Antebi - jeffantebi
The founder of the Waxploitation record label has been traveling to places like Haiti and Afghanistan to document elections in tumultuous places.

Sample tweet: Violence and Voting in Thailand http://bit.ly/127eMl

Sample photo: Bombing in Southern Thailand

6. Jonathan Nefarette - Jonathan360
A photographer and social media consultant from Los Angeles.

Sample tweet: @Rachael that is some super powers right there, better then my powers of waking up ;-) http://tiny12.tv/N7DGB

Sample photo:

5. Trey Ratcliff - TreyRatcliff
His Stuck in Customs website is tagged, “Unique photos for unique people,” and there is something special about his travel photos.

Sample tweet: Today’s mega cool!!! photo of Tokyo at dusk at http://bit.ly/117kvr #hdr #photog A good start to the weekend!

Sample photo: Tokyo at dusk

4. Zack Arias - zarias
Arias blogs about photograpahy to a quite-devoted following. In August, he put out a Call to Action to photographers to go help some individual or organization that needs pictures.

Sample tweet: I’m so overloaded on photography right now. That’s a good thing. It’s like eating too much sugar. Now you want something healthy.

Sample photo: Street Portrait

3. David Hobby - strobist
Strobist is all about lighting—specifically tips for using small, off-camera flashes with your dSLR.

Sample tweet: So glad that NAPP is sponsoring the Photoshop Disasters blog now. The world needs to keep seeing these: http://bit.ly/vUtQ7

Sample photo: Wind tunnel

2. Chase Jarvis – chasejarvis
Photographer, photography blogger and author of The Best Camera Is the One That’s With You (complete with iPhone app!).

Sample tweet: http://bestc.am/iXM8 My dad just had surgery. All is well, but pls send the awesomest vibes. Here’s all his IV ’s.

Chase Jarvis’ book:

1. Jeremy Cowart – jeremycowart
Based in Nashville, Cowart shoots range from Paste to Britney Spears to the Blood:Water mission in Africa. His Help-Portrait project aims to “a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season.”

Sample tweet: I just walked a hundred yards to grab lunch w/ @gruvmann and we saw 5 photoshoots happening. Apparently I picked the right place to work.

Sample photo: KT Tunstall for Paste

Several Paste photographers are also on Twitter:
Amber Roussel - @Pureamber
Mark Austin - @mcaphoto
PJ Sykes - @pjsykes
Jason McElweenie - @deneyterrio
Eric Anderson - @anderson_eric
Mike White - @mikwhite

Let me know who else is worth following in the comments. I’m on Twitter @joshjackson. And for a list of musicians, comedians, writers, charities and others to follow on Twitter, check out the Paste Guide to Twitter.