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Joseph Niepce
Joseph Niepce was a french inventor. He is famous for creating that first known surviving photograph that was taken on a camera. -
Louis Daguerre
Louis Daguerre was a french painter and physicist. He is often referred to as one of the fathers of photography since he invented that first process of photography. It is also called daguerreotype. -
Mathew Brady
Mathew Brady is considered the father of photojournalism. He is very famous for taking photo's of the Civil War. He took many portraits for famous people. -
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge was a photographer. He was fascinated by motion so he tried to capture it in a photo. He realized that cameras at that time did not have a fast enough shutter speed, so he experimented until he got a camera with a shutter speed fast enough to capture motion. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was a photo journalist. She was also a documentary photographer. She took many portraits of farmers that were struggling during that great depression. Her photos helped many movements that were pushing for change. -
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams is very famous for photographing landscapes. He photographed landscapes because he loved nature and photographing it. He also likes black and white photography, and makes many of his photos black and white. -
Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White was a documentary photographer, she worked many times with the US armed Forces. Many of her photos exhibited a dramatic Style. -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
Henry Cartier-Bresson was a film maker. He started his career in film in 1935, and in 1937 he directed two documentaries. He later joined the army where he would serve as a photographer, during his time in the army he was captured by German soldiers. Once he escaped he decided to pursue photographer and traveled to the Far east where him and his work would become famous. -
Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh was a Canadian- American photographer. He took many portraits for famous people. In his work he uses a lot of dramatic lighting. Many of his photos are in black and white. -
Arnold Newman
Arnold Newman was an American photographer. He is most famous for his environmental photographers. He is also known for his abstract, still-life photographs. -
Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus was an American photographer who photographed “outsiders” such as transgender people, strippers, and carnival performers. She often still photographed ordinary people such as families, children, mothers, and elderly people. -
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon was an american photographer. He was a fashion and portrait photographer. He is famous for the way his photos show the subjects essence and emotion. -
Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry Uelsmann is a photographer who mastered the effect of photo montage. Many of his photos are thought provoking. He is also famous for the darkroom effects. -
Lewis Hine
Lewis Hine View photography as an educational tool. He used his photos and photography skills to help pass child labor laws . Many of his photos are of children working under harsh conditions. -
Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz is famous for taking portraits of famous people. Sometimes these portraits were for magazine covers. Annie Leibovitz was the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's national portrait gallery. -
Edward Weston
Edward Weston is a very influential photographer. His work mainly consist of sharp, finely focused black and white photographs. He photographs a variety of things such as rocks, seashells, nude models, and landscapes.
