Photography

Ligurian Sea by Hiroshi Sugimoto, 1982.

• So if Sugimoto's work is a source of inspiration, what would count as a reputable source for academic purposes?
• Are you thinking about all his work? A series? One particular photo?
• What are these different sources trying to achieve? Who is their audience? 

Ming Smith is known as a street photographer, focusing on the black community in the United States, particularly in the 1970s and 80s.

If you were researching Ming Smith, how would the Wikipedia entry help, vs what is available from her website. Compare that to a book dedicated to her work, and how that may include curated images as well as scholarly discussions about her work.