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  Is known as the father of photograph. The Niepce family declared 1822 as the birth of photography
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  Is known for creating daguerreotype process in photography. He was a very influential french photographer.
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  Is known for his photos of the civil war. He trained with artist William Paige and inventor Samuel F.B.
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  Eadweard Muybridge was an English-American photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.
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  Hines was a photographer and a sociologist in the 1880s . Hines photography helps with child labor
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  Weston is known for his incredible focus and his nudes photography. He was called the “ most innovative and influential photographers."
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  Lange best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. She was training to be a teacher before she decided to be a photographer.
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  Adams was a landscape and environment photographer. He founded the group f/64 with the help of others.
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  The first foreign photographer to take pictures of the Sovient industry, photographed the Dust Bowl . One of the first photographers hired to LIFE.
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  Karsh was an Armenia genocide survivor. he moved to Canada as a refugee. he was known as one of the best portrait photographers.
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  Bresson was a french photographer “To take a photograph means to recognize, simultaneously and within a fraction of a second‚ both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning,” one of Henris many quotes.
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  Newman is known for his environmental portraits of politicians and his abstract photography . He was awarded the Infinity Award in 1999. The Lucie Award in 2004.
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  Arbus was a freak show photographer. She took unusual photos of people all over the place. Some portraits other just candids.
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  Avedon was a fashion/portrait photographer. He took a lot of outside portraits with lots of emotions.
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  Jerry known for his juxtaposed photography. He makes photographs that didn’t go together but you won’t notice they don’t till after you look at if for a little while.
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  Annie photographed many celebrities including John Lennon the same day he died. Annie was awarded the glamour award for the visionary.