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Matthew Brady
MAY 18th, 1822. Earliest photographer in america. He was known for taking portraits of politicians and the american civil war. -
Joseph Niepce
Joseph made the first ever permanent photo.He came from a rich family. He joined the French military then retired -
Louis Daguerre
Louis was best known for the camera. The first image was taken on a daguerreotype. -
Edward Muybridge
Edward worked in motion picture photography and was most known for that. He soon moved on to galloping horse photographics. He believed the horses hooves left the ground the same time when they walked. -
Lewis Hine
Known for his way of imaging. He liked to picture how people’s lives were on a daily basis. Like poverty, work, factories, etc. -
Edward Weston
Edward was known for sharp and focused pictures, landscapes and nudes. His work influenced a lot of american photographers. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea was an american documentary photographer she took pictures of farmers during the great depression. -
Ansel Adams
FEBRUARY 20th, 1902. He was known for being a landscape photographer. Before the photos he was a custodian. Mr. Adams was the founder of Aperture. -
Margaret Bourke
JUNE 14th, 1904. She was an industrial photographer. Margaret was the first woman to do photo documentary and work with the Armed forces. -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
AUGUST 22, 1908. Henry created a documentary film on medical aid for the civil war. He was known for photojournalism. During WWII he was captured by the Germans and was sent to prison but he soon escaped and worked in the french underground photographic unit. -
yousuf karsh
He would use simple backgrounds and would have the person do a or a facial expression for imagery. -
Arnold Newman
He is known for taking environmental pictures He would work mainly on magazines and would take photos of people in their surroundings. He did not like having backdrops. -
Diane Arbu
Known for her documentary style “stark” she liked to take photos of people outside of their public appearances. Her most famous pieces are of people who are outside “proper society”. -
Richard Avedon
famous for Minimalism. he would use white back drops. He also wrote books. -
Jerry Uelsmann
He is known for his black and white photos. he would also use photoshop and add the earth to his photos -
Annie Leibovitz
OCTOBER 2nd , 1949. Annie went to school to be a Painter but that turned into photograph. She is known for her photos of commercials, disney , honda , the rolling stones, american express and more.
