Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter Chin
Looking through a Gnews http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Walter+Chin%22+photography+source:%22-newswire%22+source:%22-wire%22+source:%22-presswire%22+source:%22-PR%22+source:%22-press%22+source:%22-release%22+source:%22-wikipedia%22&scoring=a&sa=N&start=20 search, his work does seem to get a lot of attention in the fashion industry. Some of these articles speak of him and his work in terms like "Vanity Fair's iconic images", "The picture you can't stop talking about", "top names in fashion photography", "American top fashion photographer Walter Chin", etc.; this leads me to lean toward him being "regarded as an important figure" in his field, therefore meeting 
— User:Wine, 02:20, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CREATIVE (Wikipedia:Notability)