Photographer Timeline

  • Joseph Niepce

    Joseph Niepce
    Joseph was a french creator, usually given praise for as the inventor of photography and a settler in that specific area.
  • Louis Daguerre

    Louis Daguerre
    He was a french artist and photographer. He became known as one of the "fathers" in photography.
  • Edward Muybridge

    Edward Muybridge
    He was an english american photographer. He worked in studying photographic motion, and early work in animation projection.
  • Matthew Brady

    Matthew Brady
    He was one of the earliest photographers in American history. Best known for his scenes of the Civil War.
  • Lewis Hine

    Lewis Hine
    Lewis studied patterns and the patterns of society. He was also a photographer. He used his camara as a piece to for his social reform.
  • Edward Weston

    Edward Weston
    He was a 20th century american photographer. He has been called "one of the masters of 20th century photography"
  • Ansel Adams

    Ansel Adams
    Photographer and environmentalist. Grandson of a wealthy timber baron.
  • Margaret Bourke-White

    Margaret Bourke-White
    She was the first women to accompany Air Corps crews on bombing missions in 1942.
  • Henry Cartier-Bresson

    Henry Cartier-Bresson
    Henry was a french humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography. He viewed photography as capturing a special or important moment.
  • Yousef Karsh

    Yousef Karsh
    He was an american-candian photographer. known for his photographs of important people. He has been recognized as one of the best protrait photographers of the 20th century.
  • Arnold Newman

    Arnold Newman
    He was an american photographer. Noticed for his "nature" portraits of artists.
  • Richard Avedon

    Richard Avedon
    He was an american trending and portrait photographer.
  • Diane Arbus

    Diane Arbus
    She worked to treat a significant person to become normal. She worked with different groups of people.
  • Jerry Uelsmann

    Jerry Uelsmann
    He was an early factor of rearranging photography in the 20th century of America. Photoshop as well.
  • Annie Leibovitz

    Annie Leibovitz
    Annie is a American portrait photographer. She is best known for her hands on recovery portraits. Photographed John Lennon on the day he died.
  • Dorothea Lange

    Dorothea Lange
    Dorothea was an American and documentation photographer and photojournalist and best known for her depression era work for the FSA.