Fashion

Photographer Timeline

By HaleyCH

  • Joseph Niepce 1765-1833

    Joseph Niepce 1765-1833
    French photographer.
    Was the first person ever to make a permanent
    picture with the camera.

  • Louis Daguerre 1787-1851

    Louis Daguerre 1787-1851
    A French photographer who was apart of the Romanticism period.
    He invented the daguerreotype process which is simply making a picture on a silver plate with copper.

  • Matthew Brady 1822-1896

    Matthew Brady 1822-1896
    Best known for his photography in the Civil War.
    One of America's 1st photographers

  • Edward Muybridge 1830-1904

    Edward Muybridge 1830-1904
    British American photographer.
    He played a big part in the creation of the motion picture field.

  • Lewis Hine 1874-1940

    Lewis Hine 1874-1940
    American photographer.
    He said, “While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.”
    Known for his role in photography in the Reform movement

  • Edward Weston 1886-1958

    Edward Weston 1886-1958
    Part of the category of the Surrealism period.
    Best known for being a photographer.

  • Dorothea Lange 1895-1965

    Dorothea Lange 1895-1965
    American photographer . She is well known for her work capturing photos from The Great Depression.

  • Ansel Adams 1902-1984

    Ansel Adams 1902-1984
    Took landscapes and made B&W shots of the American West.
    "There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer."

  • Henry Cartier-Bresson 1908-2004

    Henry Cartier-Bresson 1908-2004
    French photographer.
    Took candid pics and used 35 mm film.

  • Yousef Karsh 1908-2002

    Yousef Karsh 1908-2002
    He was an Armenian-Canadian photographer and he captured some of the best celeb portraits in the 20th century. He won an award called, Order of Canada

  • Arnold Newman 1918-2006

    Arnold Newman 1918-2006
    Famous for portrait photography and photography of news.
    There have been books written about him such as, One Mind's Eye: The Portraits and Other Photographs of Arnold Newman

  • Richard Avedon 1923-2004

    Richard Avedon 1923-2004
    American Photographer.
    Also involved in fashion / portraits.

  • Diane Arbus 1923-1971

    Diane Arbus 1923-1971
    She took some of the most unusual photos of people.
    American photographer.

  • Jerry Uelsmann 1934- present age 84

    Jerry Uelsmann 1934- present age 84
    American photographer.
    Uses Photoshop to make surreal photos in the 20th century.

  • Annie Leibovitz 10/2/1949

    Annie Leibovitz 10/2/1949
    Took the last picture of John Lennon the morning he was murdered.
    Her work has been shown on Rolling Stones magazine covers.

  • Margaret Bourke-White 1904-1971

    Margaret Bourke-White 1904-1971
    Best known as the first foreign photographer to take photos of the Soviet five-year plan.

    Quote, "Work to me is a sacred thing."