When I was a kid, in the 1950's, there were always National Geographics around the house, a gift from my grandfather. He had worked on the Panama Canal and, having 'seen the world', wanted to make sure that his offspring were exposed. I pored over those photos made by the great travel photographers of two generations ago. I was a real wannabe.
Now I pore over the images made by the great travel photographers of this age. Their work is still laying around the house - on my computer. And I'm still a wannabe. I will list here the photographers that I like (and that have great image-filled websites) as I find them. Many of course, are National Geographic contributors.
Steve McCurry
Jim Richardson
John Stanmeyer
George Steinmetz
Mike Hettwer
Ami Vitale
and every other National Geographic Photographer
Timothy Allen
Mitchell Kanashkevich
Tewfic El-Sawy
Bruno Barbey
Eric Meola
Bob Krist
Karl Grobl
Lisa Kristine
Remi Benali
Dario Endara
Gavin Gough
David duChemin
Phil Douglis' travel photo how-to
Fotopedia (good photos, confusing site)