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Joseph Niepce 1765-1833
French photographer.
Was the first person ever to make a permanent
picture with the camera. -
Louis Daguerre 1787-1851
A French photographer who was apart of the Romanticism period.
He invented the daguerreotype process which is simply making a picture on a silver plate with copper. -
Matthew Brady 1822-1896
Best known for his photography in the Civil War.
One of America's 1st photographers -
Edward Muybridge 1830-1904
British American photographer.
He played a big part in the creation of the motion picture field. -
Lewis Hine 1874-1940
American photographer.
He said, “While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.”
Known for his role in photography in the Reform movement -
Edward Weston 1886-1958
Part of the category of the Surrealism period.
Best known for being a photographer. -
Dorothea Lange 1895-1965
American photographer . She is well known for her work capturing photos from The Great Depression. -
Ansel Adams 1902-1984
Took landscapes and made B&W shots of the American West.
"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." -
Henry Cartier-Bresson 1908-2004
French photographer.
Took candid pics and used 35 mm film. -
Yousef Karsh 1908-2002
He was an Armenian-Canadian photographer and he captured some of the best celeb portraits in the 20th century. He won an award called, Order of Canada -
Arnold Newman 1918-2006
Famous for portrait photography and photography of news.
There have been books written about him such as, One Mind's Eye: The Portraits and Other Photographs of Arnold Newman -
Richard Avedon 1923-2004
American Photographer.
Also involved in fashion / portraits. -
Diane Arbus 1923-1971
She took some of the most unusual photos of people.
American photographer. -
Jerry Uelsmann 1934- present age 84
American photographer.
Uses Photoshop to make surreal photos in the 20th century. -
Annie Leibovitz 10/2/1949
Took the last picture of John Lennon the morning he was murdered.
Her work has been shown on Rolling Stones magazine covers. -
Margaret Bourke-White 1904-1971
Best known as the first foreign photographer to take photos of the Soviet five-year plan.
Quote, "Work to me is a sacred thing."
