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Joseph Niepce
A French inventor who is considered the inventor of photography and a pioneer in the field of photography. He developed heliography a technique that created the oldest product of the photographic process which was a print that was made of photo engraved printing plate. He also used a primitive camera to create the oldest photograph of a real world scene. -
Louis Daguerre
He was a French photographer and artist who invented the daguerreotype process of photography which was the first photographic process and it would later be commonly used for over 20 years. He is considered one of the fathers of photography but he also was a great painter and was apart of the development of the diorama theatre. -
Mathew Brady
Mathew B. Brady was one of the earliest photographers in American history, best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Famous for his photographs of Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. His style of photography went out of style after the war and his fortune declined and he died in debt. -
Edward Muybridge
He was a English photographer who was important for his pioneering work in motion photography and early work of motion picture projection.His photographs of Yosemite Valley made him world famous and he is still famous today because of the animal locomotion. -
Lewis Hine
He was an American sociologist and a photographer that used his camera for social reform. His work is most known for shining a light on the cruelty of child labor laws in the USA and was instrumental in changing those laws.He is also known for photographing the construction of the Empire State Building and for his work for the Red Cross in the Great Depression photographing drought relief in the south. -
Dorothea Lange
She was a American documentary photographer and photojournalist best known for her depression era work for the Farm Security Administration. Her photographs helped humanize the depression era and influence documentary photography. Her first photo that got her fame would be the White Angel Breadline and that got her hired by the FSA where she could continue her work. -
Margaret Bourke-White.
She was an American photographer and documentary photographer. She is mos known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of the Soviet five-year plan, and the first American female war photojournalist, and to have her photograph on the cover of the first issue of Life magazine.She would develop Parkinson’s disease later in life but in 1963 she would write her autobiography called Portrait of Myself. -
Yousef Karsh
Was a Armenian-Canadian photographer who is known for his portraits of notable individuals. He is also considered one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century.He was a Armenian genocide survivor who migrated to Canada as a refugee.His 1941 photo of Winston Churchill was a career breakthrough for him and he became world famous. Over his career he took numerous photos of political leaders,scientists,and other artists. He had over 20 photos that appeared on the cover of Life Magazine. -
Ansel Adams
He was a American photographer and environmentalist that is best known for his black and white photographs of the American West and his photos of Yosemite National Park.He is also a founding member of Group 6/64 and in 1980 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Jimmy Carter. -
Edward Weston
He was a 20th century American photographer and is world known as one of the most innovative and influential American photographers. He photographed landscapes,still life’s, portraits, and many more over his 40 year career. One of his most known works would his photos of trees and rocks at Point Lobos, California. He was also the first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship.In 1947 He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease where he would pass away ten years later. -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
He was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography.He is also known for how his view of photography which was capturing the decisive moment. Photography took him to a lot of places but his most known visit would be post war Soviet Union where he could freely take photos. He retired from photography in the early 70’s and later passed away in 2004. -
Arnold Newman
He was a American photographer famous for his environmental portraits of artist and politicians. He is also known for his composed abstract still life images. One of his most famous color images was a eerie Portrait that shows nazi industrialist and minister of armament Alfried Krupp in one of his factories. -
Richard Avedon
He was a American fashion designer and portrait photographer who began his career in 1944 as a advertisement photographer. He quickly moved up the ladder where his photo’s appeared on Harpers Bazaar. He also had a unique style for his portraits and large prints that would be sometimes up to three feet in height which separated him from other photographers. -
Diane Arbus
She was an American photographer noted for photographs of people with disabilities and disorders. She known for taking photos of dwarves,giants,transgender people,nudist, and others that were perceived as ugly by the populace. She became the first photographer to have her photographs displayed at the Venice Biennale an art exhibit in Italy. Sadly she is also famous for taking her own life in 1971 at age 48. -
Jerry Uel
He is a American photographer and was the forerunner of photomontage in the 20th century. He is a master printer that produces composite photographs with multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work. He is known for carrying over a dozen enlargers and when he is going to take a photo he already knows what kind of shot he wants and how to get it. His landscapes challenge the viewer because he usually has a gate or door and doesn’t show what’s on the other side so the viewer has to guess. -
Annie Leibovitz
An American Portrait photographer best known for celebrity portraits and album covers.She started her career as a photographer for The Rolling Stone Magazine. She is also the last photographer to take a photograph of John Lennon just five hours before he was shot and killed.
