Photographer Timeline

Joseph Niepce

Mar 7, 1765

Joseph Niepce was born in France March 7th, 1765. Joseph was an inventor and is recognized as the inventor of photography. Joseph is French and also created heliography. Niepce used a primitive camera to capture the oldest surviving picture of a real-world situation. Joseph Niepce died July 5th, 1833.

Louis Daguerre

Nov 18, 1787

Louis Daguerre was born in France November 18th, 1787. Louis is french and was an artist, as well as a photographer. Louis was mostly known for inventing the daguerreotype process in photography. Daguerre eventually passed away July 10th, 1851.

Matthew Brady

May 18, 1822

Matthew Brady was born in New York May 18th, 1822. He was one of the earliest American photographers and was mostly known for his civil war scenes. He learned from Samuel F. B. Morse. Matthew Brady died January 15th, 1896.

Eadweard Muybridge

Apr 9, 1830

Eadweard Muybridge was born in the UK April 9th, 1830. Muybridge was an English photographer who studied motion and motion-picture projection. Eadweard Muybridge died May 8th, 1904.

Lewis Hine

Sep 26, 1874

Lewis Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin September 26th, 1874. Hine was a sociologist and a photographer. Hine utilized his camera in way to help with reforming. His pictures helped with the change of child labor laws in America. Lewis Hine died November 3rd, 1940.

Edward Weston

Mar 24, 1886

Edward Weston was born in Highland Park, Illinois March 24th, 1886. Weston was an American photographer. Weston is often referred to as "one of the most influential American photographers," as well as "a master of 20th century photography." Edward died later on January 1st, 1958.

Dorothea Lange

May 26, 1895

Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey May 26th, 1895. She was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. Lange was best known for her depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Dorothea Lange died October 11th, 1965.

Ansel Adams

Feb 20, 1902

Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco February 20th, 1902. He was an American photographer and environmentalist. Adams black and white landscape photographs have been put on calendars, posters, books, and the internet. Ansel died on April 22nd, 1984.

Margaret Bourke-White

Jun 14, 1904

Margaret Bourke-White was born in New York City June 14th, 1904. Margaret was a documentary photographer and an American photographer. She is mostly known for being the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures of the Soviet five year plan. Margaret was the first American female war photojournalist. She died August 27th, 1973.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Aug 22, 1908

Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in France August 22nd, 1908. He was a french photographer, considered to be a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. Henri developed street photography and saw photography as a chance to capture a moment. He died August 3rd, 2004.

Yousuf Karsh

Dec 23, 1908

Yousuf Karsh was born in Turkey December 23rd, 1908. Yousuf was an American-Canadian photographer that was most popular for his portraits of important people. He has been named one of the best portrait photographers in the 20th century. Karsh died July 13th, 2002.

Arnold Newman

Mar 3, 1918

Arnold Newman was born in Manhattan March 3rd, 1918. Arnold was recognized for his environmental portraits of artists and politicians. He was also very popular for his abstract life photos. Newman died June 6th, 2006.

Diane Arbus

Mar 14, 1923

Diane Arbus was born in New York March 14th, 1923. Diane was an American photographer known for her strange photos and picture of people who were considered "odd." Arbus was the first American photographer to have photographs displayed at the Venice Biennale. Arbus died July 26th, 1971.

Richard Avedon

May 15, 1923

Richard Avedon was born in New York City on May 15th, 1923. Richard was a fashion and portrait photographer. His work has been said to have helped establish Americas image of style, beauty, and culture. Richard Avedon died October 1st, 2004

Jerry Uelsmann

Jun 11, 1934

Jerry Uelsmann was born in Detroit, Michigan June 11th, 1934. Uelsmann was best known for his surreal photographs because of his creativity. Jerry Uelsmann is still alive today and is currently 83 years of age.

Annie Leibovitz

Oct 2, 1949

Annie Leibovitz was born in Connecticut October 2nd, 1949. Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer. Leibovitz took a picture of John Lennon on the day he was murdered, and her work has been displayed on album covers, as well as magazines. She is still livng and is 68 years of age.