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Joseph Niepce
a french inventor, usually credited as the inventor of photography or a pioneer in the field. -
Louis Daguerre
a french artist and photographer, his invention of the daguerreotype process photography, known as one of the fathers of photography -
Edward Muybridge
an english-american photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies, and early work in motion-picture projection, adopted the first name eadweard as the original anglo-saxon form of edward, the subname maybridge. Believing to be similarly archaic -
Lewis Hine
a american sociologist and photographer, he used his camera as a tool for social reform, his photographs were instrumental in changing child labor in the US -
Edward Weston
was a 20th-century photographer, has been called one of the most innovative and influential photographers and master of 20th century photography -
Dorothea Lange
an american documentary photographer and photojournalist, known for her depression-era work for the farm security administration, photographs influenced the development of documentary photography, humanized consequences the great depression -
Matthew Brady
was one of the earliest photographers in american history, best known his scene of the civil war, he studied under Samuel F.B Morse, pioneered the daguerreotype in america. Brady opened his own studio in New York in 1844, photographed Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and Abraham Lincoln, and many others. -
Ansel Adams
a landscape photographer and environmentalist known for black and white images of american west, helped found group f/64, an association of photographers advocating pure, favored sharp focus and full tonal range of photographs -
Margaret Bourke-White
american photographer and documentary photographer, best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of soviet industry, for five-years plan, first american female of war photojournalist, she died of parkinson’s disease for eighteen years after developing symptoms. -
Yousuf Karsh
an armenian-canadian photographer, has been described the 20th century, armenian genocide survivor, karsh migrated to canada as a refugee -
Arnold Newman
an american photographer, noted for his environmental portraits, artists and politicians, was also known for carefully composed abstract still life images -
Diane Arbus
an american photographer, famously worked to normalize marginalized group and highlight the importance of proper representation of all people -
Richard Avedon
an american fashion and portrait photographer, obituary published the New York times, fashion and portrait photograph helped america’s style, beauty, culture for the last half-century -
Jerry Uelsmann
an american photographer, was an early exponent of photomontage in the 20th century in america, worked in darkroom effects foreshadowed the use of adobe photoshop, make surrealistic images late 20th century, led by his ex-wife Maggie Taylor -
Annie Leibovitz
an american portrait photographer, best known for her engaging portraits-particularly of celebrities often features subjects in intimate setting and poses -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
a french humanist photographer, a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film, genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing decisive moment, Cartier- Bresson was the founding member of magnum photo in 1947.
