Some links to sites I believe can be helpful to any aspiring photographer...

Especially the links to the photographer websites will prove to be a nearly endless source of inspiration...                    Suggest a site

Manufacturers:*

Camera:
Pentax         Canon
Nikon           Mamiya
Rollei           Leica
Sigma

Flash:
Hensel         Multiblitz
Metz             

Accessories:
Wacom        Cokin
California Sunbounce

Photographers: (Fashion, Beauty, Nude)

Jeanloup Sieff               Richard Avedon
Helmut Newton              Patrick Demarchelier
Karin Székessy             Irving Penn
Horst P. Horst               Annie Leibovitz
Guido Karp                   Benjamin Kanarek
Sonia Sieff                    Herb Ritts
Steven Meisel               Peter Lindbergh
Guy Bourdin                 Michel Comte
Mario Testino               Francesco Scavullo
Arthur Elgort                 Sam Haskins
Jens Brüggemann        Sascha Hüttenhein

Photography Basics

History
Photography courses

Studiophotography & Technique

StudioLighting.net
Strobist
Digital Photography
Photoflex Lighting School
Lightformer Comparison
Focal length comparison
GarageGlamour
Photo.net Studio Primer
Benjamin Kanarek Blog

Software:
Adobe (Photoshop / Lightroom)
Portrait Professional
Serif PhotoPlus

Freeware:  virtualPhotographer
VWDOF     Irfanview
Mediachance
Not just Photo-Freeware: NoNags

Fora & Newsletters:

fotocommunity
Pentaxforums
Dpreview
Photo.net
PhotoShopCafe
The Fashion Spot
ModelMayhem
PhotoCamel

Magnum Photos
Digital Photography School
NY Institute of Photography

What, Where & When:

The international online platform for Photography


The �€œMaison européenne de la photographie�€�
Les Rencontres D�€™Arles
Musée de l�€™Elysée, Lausanne
Fondation Henry Cartier Bresson
Fashion Photography Week, Cannes

My Homepage: TheLightMagician Studio
My studio-sedcard with ModelKartei
and some photographs with fotocommunity.de

The Best Photography Books:
Studio/Light: Light - Science and Magic
                    Fashion Photography
                    Fashion Photography Course

Photoshop:  Martin Evening
                    Scott Kelby

General: Jeanloup Sieff - 40 Years of Photography

*About the manufacturers links:    I am (unfortunately) neither sponsored, nor do I receive any financial benefits from listing their links. It�€™s just that I believe (having tried their �€œstuff�€�), that they produce really fine equipment... I have no personal experience with other companies, therefore, they�€™re not listed...