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Joseph Niepce
He was a french inventor who is most known to be the first person to make a permanent photographic image. -
Louis Daguerre
He is best known for the artist and physicist who gained international acclaim when he invented the process of photography (the daguerreotype). -
Mathew B. Brady
He was best known for his scenes of the Civil war. His photography showed camplife, routines, war preparations, the moments just prior to battle, and the aftermath of the battles. -
Edward Muybridge
He is important for his moving animal photography captured movement in a way that had never been done before which his lead pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture projections. -
Lewis Hine
He used his camera as a tool for social reform, his photography was instrumental in changing child labor laws in the U.S. he is best known for his documentation of exploited child workers and gov. Projects. -
Edward Weston
He is best known for his organic forms and texture which were carefully composed, sharply focused images of natural forms, landscapes, and nudes. -
Dorothea Lange
She is best known for her depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Her photography was mostly of unemployed men who wandered the streets. -
Ansel Adams
He is known for his iconic images of the American West, including Yosemite National Park. He is also known for his environmental black and white images that helped to establish photography among the fine arts. -
Margaret Bourke-White
She is best known for her scenes of modern industry, of the Great Depression, and of political and social movements in the 1920s-1950s. She documented the effects of modern industry on people and the land. -
Henry Cartier-Bresson
His images revealed the early raw possibilities of street photography and he was considered the master of candid photography. He is well known for having produced some of the most compelling photographic portraits of notables. -
Yousuf Karsh
He is best known for his portraits of leaders and celebrities, also important and famous men and women of politics, and the arts from Albert Einstein. -
Arnold Newman
He was best known for his people posed in settings associated with their work. Credited for his work of environmental work, he has had countless world leaders pass before his lens. -
Diane Arbus
She was best known for her photography of marginalized people- dwarfs, giants, transgender people, nudists, circus performers and other who were perceived by the general populace as ugly or surreal. -
Richard Avedon
He is best known for his fashion and large-scale character-revealing portrait photographs that helped define America’s image of style, beauty, and culture for the last half-century. -
Jerry Uelsmann
He is best known for his seamlessly grafted composite surreal images in black or white. His photography combine several negatives landscapes that intertwine images of trees, rocks, water, and human figures in new and unexpected ways. -
Annie Leibovitz
She is considered one of America’s best portrait photographers, with use of bold colors and poses while at Rolling Stone. Her work has been used for numerous album covers and magazines.
