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Matthew Brady
He is well known as the “Father of Photojournalism”. He took photos of the Civil War. These included battlefields, camp life, and portraits. 1823 - 1896 -
Joseph Niepce
The “Father of Photography” he created the first permanent photo. His first image produced was a view from a window. -
Louis Daguerre
He was a french painter and physicist who invented daguerreotype. Daguerreotype is “a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silver plate and mercury vapor.” -
Edward Muybridge
He was an English inventor and photographer. Edward was known as the "Father of the Motion Picture”, for his work with still photography. -
Jerry Uelsmann
He is best known for his composite images in black and white. A “pioneer in the art of multilayered imagery.” -
Lewis Hine
A trained sociologist, he used photography to bring “social ills” to public attention. He also wrote a book about child labor with documentary photos called Child Labor in the Carolinas. -
Annie Leibovitz
An american photographer, best known for her work with the Rolling Stone magazine. In particular, a photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. -
Edward Weston
Also known for his work with landscape and nude photography, he was a major photographer of the 20th Century. -
Dorothea Lange
Best known for her photography of the unemployed men and farmers during the Great Depression. -
Margaret Bourke-White
She is known as the first female documentary photographer to work with and be recognized by the U.S. armed forces. She is also known for her work with Life magazine. -
Diane Arbus
Her unusual images of the people she saw while living in New York created a unique and interesting portrayal of the city. She commit suicide in 1971. -
Ansel Adams
An american photographer best known for his photos of the American West. He was considered the most important landscape photographer of his century. -
Yousuf Karsh
Canadian photographer known for his portraits of important and famous men and women of politics, Hollywood, etc. Some big names he photographed are people such as Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill. -
Henri Cartier-Bresson
He was a french photographer, and also a filmmaker. Known as the “Pioneer” of street photography. He wrote a book called The Decisive Moment in which he explored his theory of photography being a “candid medium”. -
Richard Avedon
Known for his work in the fashion world and the fine arts. He worked first as a photographer for the Merchant Marines, taking I.D. photos. -
Arnold Newman
American photographer, who specialized in portraits of well-known people posed in settings associated with their work. This was known as “environmental portraiture,” influenced portraits in the 20th century.
