Photagrapher Timeline

  • Joseph Niepce

    Joseph Niepce

    He got a pic of the view from his workroom window using light-sensitive chemicals on a piece of metal. He wasn't good at drawing.
  • Louis Daguerre

    Louis Daguerre

    Daguerre used his invention of putting chemicals on light medal to be the first to take a picture of a human.
  • Mathew B. Brady

    Mathew B. Brady

    Mathew Brady studied with a man named Samuel Morse who was the inventor of the telegraph. Mathew Brady took a picture of the 6th president all the way to the 25th president.
  • Edward Muybridge

    Edward Muybridge

    He was an English photographer he took pictures of environment and landscaping.
  • Lewis Hine

    Lewis Hine

    He took pictures of thousands of immigrants who came to america each day.
  • Edward Weston

    Edward Weston

    Edward Weston took pictures of nudes,natural forms, and landscapes.
  • Dorothea Lange

    Dorothea Lange

    One of the best of the American photographers who used their art to document.
  • Ansel Adams

    Ansel Adams

    He helped the national park service from taking pictures.
  • Margaret Bourke-White

    Margaret Bourke-White

    She is known as the first foreign photographer. She took pictures of the soviet union.
  • Henry Cartier-Bresson

    Henry Cartier-Bresson

    He took many pictctures of the world biggest events from the Spanish Civil War to the French uprisings in 1968.
  • Yousef Karsh

    Yousef Karsh

    He was famous for taking pictures of politics.
  • Arnold Newman

    Arnold Newman

    He was called the pioneer of environmental portraits.
  • Diane Arbus

    Diane Arbus

    She was known for her weird portraits and off-beat subjects.
  • Richard Avedon

    Richard Avedon

    He was famous for the work he did on fashion magazines.
  • Jerry Uelsmann

    Jerry Uelsmann

    He was famous for his surreal pictures.
  • Annie Leibovitz

    Annie Leibovitz

    She is an American portrait photographer. She photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated.