Contemporary continuations of the New Objectivity movement.

Andreas Gursky

The price of this photograph actually went up quite significantly. It recently sold for 2.7 million pounds! Here is a link to a short article in defense of this image and Gursky's work.  

Edward Burtynsky

http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/ - Burtynsky's artist web page. 

Candida Hofer 

http://www.benbrownfinearts.com/exhibitions/65/overview/ - an short review and images of the Hofer's work.

Rineke Dijkstra

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4424 - a great video with the artist discussing her work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/arts/design/rineke-dijkstra-at-the-guggenheim-museum.html?pagewanted=all - New York Times article reviewing the Guggenheim retrospective.