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Matthew Brady
He was one of the early photographer in the 1800. He was known for his civil war scenes. -
Lewis Hine
His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the U.S. -
Joseph Niepce
French inventor who was the first to make a permanent photographic image. -
Eadweard Muybridge
Edward is important for his pioneer work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion art projection. -
Margaret Bourke-White
She is best known as the first foreign photographer to take picture of the soviet five year plan, also to have her photograph on the cover of life magazine. -
Edward Weston
Best known for his carefully composed, sharply focused images of natural forms, landscapes, and nudes. Also major American photographer of the early -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
A master of candid photography , an early user of 35 mm flim , and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment. He was spontaneous, he captured things in the moment as it happeneds (street photography) -
Dorothea Lange
She was best known for her Depression-era work for the (FSA). Also was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. -
Louis Daguerre
Physicist who invented the first practical process of photography, known as the daguerreotype. -
Ansel Adams
He was famous for his black and white landscape photographs. -
Yousef Karsh
Known for his portraits of famous men and women of politics, Hollywood, and the arts. -
Richard Avedon
Best known for his work in the fashion world and for his minimalist portraits!! -
Arnold Newman
He was famous for two things actually, his environmental portraits of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. -
Diane Arbus
Famous for photographs of marginalized people, dwarfs, giants, transgender people, nudists, circus performers. -
Jerry Uelsmann
He’s is best known for his seamlessly grafted complex images in black and white. -
Annie Leibovitz
She became known for her wildly lit, staged, and provocative portraits of celebrities.
