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Louis Daguerre
Louis Daguerre was a French photographer and artist during the late 1700s. He invented the daguerreotype process of photography, and is one of the fathers of photography. -
Joseph Niepce
Joseph Niepce was a French inventor that developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving product of a photographic process -
Mathew Brady
One of the oldest photographers, Mathew Brady was a Civil War photographer that lived from 1822-1896. One of his famous photos were of Abraham Lincoln, and many other soldiers during the war. -
Edward Muybridge
This English photographer was most famous for his studies in motion, and showed the first versions of motion-picture projection. One of his most famous pieces was Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, which was made in 1878. -
Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White is was a American and documentary photographer during the 1960s. She was mostly famous for her work on Life magazine, and that she took a picture of the Statue of Liberty. -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
Henry Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer that was an early user of 35 mm film. People said that he was the master of candid photography, and is famous for his street photography. -
Lewis Hine
Lewis Hine was an american photographer that moved the child labor laws in America. He used his camera to create photographs that were instrumental to the changes of these laws. -
Edward Weston
He was an american photographer that was "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers". He is most famous for his 20th century surreal photos, and an example of one is Pepper No. 30. -
Dorothea Lange
An American documentary photographer, Dorothea Lange was most famous for her artwork done around the Great Depression, and she also influenced the development of this kind of photography. -
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He lived from February 20, 1902, to April 22, 1984. -
Yousef Karsh
Yousef Karsh was an american-canadian photographer that was most known for taking multiple pictures of famous figures. One example of these individuals was John F Kennedy. -
Arnold Newman
Arnold Newman was an American photographer that was noted for his environmental portraits of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. -
Richard Avedon
He was american fashion and portrait photographer. Richard Avedon was famous for helping the US define their image of style, beauty and culture. -
Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer that took the last picture of John Lennon on the day of his assassination. She was also the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait gallery in 1991.
