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Louis Daguerre
He was born November 18, 1787 in France and died July 10, 1851. He was a french artist and photographer who is credited with the invention of the daguerreotype process while working alongside Joseph Niepce. He created one of a kind pictures on sheets of copper. For this reason he is also known as one of the fathers of photography. -
Matthew Brady
Matthew was born May 18th, 1822 in NY and died Jan. 15th, 1896. He was one of the earliest photographers and known for his civil war scenes. He is often called the father of photojournalism. He’s won medals at fair of all nations, and NY’s Industrial Exhibition for his daguerreotypes. -
Joseph Niepce
He was born March 7, 1765 in France and died July 5, 1833. He was a french inventor credited as the inventor of photography and was a pioneer in that field . He called his first attempts of Heliography. He continued to perfect this process alongside Louis Daguerre but died before fully developing the daguerreotype. -
Edward Muybridge
He was born April 9, 1830 in the UK and died May 8, 1904. He was an English-American photographer pioneering work in photographic studies of motion early work in motion-picture projection. From 1884 to 1887 he did research at the University of Pennsylvania. However, he is known for being controversial because when his wife had an affair he killed her suitor. -
Lewis Hine
He was born September 26, 1874 In WI and died November 3, 1940. He was an American sociologist and photographer. He used his camera as a tool for social reform, his photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States. -
Edward Weston
He was born March 24, 1886 in IL and died January 1, 1958. He was called one of the most innovative and influential American photographers and "one of the masters of 20th century photography. He won an award called The Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada. He is known for his natural photography and landscapes. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea was born May 26th 1895 in CA and died Oct. 11th 1965. She was a documentary photographer and photojournalist known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Her photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression. She’s most known for her photos of the unemployed and migrant workers. -
Ansel Adams
Ansel was born Feb 20th, 1902 in CA. and died April 22nd, 1984. He was a landscape photographer and environmentalist. He was best known for his black and white images of the american west. He helped found Group f/64 an association that advocated pure photography with full range of focus. -
Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret was born June 14th, 1904 in NY and died Aug 27th 1971. She was a Documentary photographer, known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of soviet industry. She was also the first female photographer to be accredited by and to work with the armed forces -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
Henry was born Aug. 22nd, 1908 in France and died in Aug. 3rd 2004. He was a french humanist photographer, and a master of candid photography. He pioneered the genre of street photography and was a founding member of Magnum Photos in 1947 -
Yousef Karsh
He was born December 23, 1908 In Turkey and died July 13, 2002. He was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals such as Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, and Albert Einstein. He is also described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century Armenian. -
Arnold Newman
He was born on March 3, 1918 In NY and died June 6, 2006. He was an American photographer, noted for his environmental portraits of artists and politicians. He's also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. He photographed people in their homes or while working. -
Diane Arbus
She was born on March 14, 1923 in NY and died July 26, 1971. She was an American photographer who worked to normalize marginalized groups and highlight the importance of proper representation of all people. Her work is considered controversial and seen as bizarre by some people. -
Richard Avedon
He was born May 15, 1923 in NY and died October 1, 2004. He was an American fashion and portrait photographer. The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century.'' He has taken portraits of many famous people such as Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, and Tupac. -
Jerry Uelsman
He was born June 11, 1934 in MI and is 85 years old, He is an American photographer and was an early exponent of photo montage in the 20th century. He is known for his surreal photographs.His work in darkroom effects foreshadowed the use of Adobe Photoshop. -
Annie Leibovitz
She was born on Oct. 2nd 1949 in CT and is 70 years old. She is a portrait photographer known for engaging portraits, particularly of celebrities. Created dramatic quirky and iconic portraits of celebrities. She became the first Chief photographer at Rolling Stone she later left to work for vanity fair. She also took the last known photo of John Lennon.
