photographer timeline

joseph niepce

Mar 7, 1765

french inventor, known for inventing photography.
he set up a device called a camera obscura, which captured and projected scenes illuminated by sunlight, which made a photo.

Louis Daguerre

Sep 18, 1787

french artist and photographer, known for his invention of the daguerreotype process.

Matthew Brady

May 18, 1822

one of the earliest photographers.
he is known for his photos of the civil war, including the first battle of bull run, antietam, and gettysburg.

Edward Muybridge

Apr 9, 1830

engish american photographer, he was famous for his photos of photographic motion.

Lewis Hine

Sep 26, 1874

american sociologist and photographer, his photos was used to change child labor in the united states.

Edward Weston

Mar 24, 1886

20th century american photographer.
He has been called, one of the most innovative and influential American photographers.

Dorothea Lange

May 26, 1895

american documentary photographer and photojournalist.
known for her Depression era work for the Farm Security Administration.

Ansel Adams

Feb 20, 1902

landscape photographer and environmentalist.
known for his black and white images of the American West.

Margaret Bourke-White

Jun 14, 1904

american photographer and documentary photographer.
known for her extensive contributions to photojournalism, particularly for her Life magazine work.

Henry Cartier-Bresson

Aug 22, 1908

french humanist photographer.
he was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos in 1947.

Yousef Karsh

Dec 23, 1908

american-candian photographer, known for his pictures of notable people.
he known for his portraits of important and famous men and women of politics.

Arnold Newman

Mar 3, 1918

american photographer, known for his environmental portraits.

Diane Arbus

Mar 14, 1923

american photographer, known for her black and white photos.
she highlighted the importance of proper representation of all people.

Richard Avedon

May 15, 1923

american fashion and portrait photographer.
He worked first as a photographer for the Merchant Marines, taking identification photos.

Jerry Uelsmann

Jun 11, 1934

american photographer, known for his surrealistic photos with editing.

Annie Leibovitz

Oct 2, 1949

american portrait photographer.
famous for her portraits of people.