1. Important Photographers

2. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
Born
March 7, 1765
Died
Nationality
July 5, 1833 (aged 68)
French
Occupation
Inventor
Known for
Photography The world's first 'internal combustion engine'

3. Louis Daguerre Born 18 November 1787 Died Nationality
10 July 1851 (aged 63)
French
Known for
Invention of the daguerreotype process

4. Mathew Brady Born May 18, 1822 Died January 15, 1896 (aged 73)
Occupation
Photographer, photojournalist
Nationality
American

5. Eadweard Muybridge Born 9 April 1830 Died 8 May 1904 (aged 74)
Nationality
British
Known for
Photography, Capturing motion

6. Alfred Stieglitz Born January 1, 1864 Died July 13, 1946 (aged 82)
Nationality
American
Known for
Photography as Art.

7. László Moholy-Nagy Born: June 20, 1895, Bácsborsód, Hungary
Died: November 24, 1946, Chicago, IL
Movements: Good Design, Bauhaus style, Modern art
Collage photography

8. Dorothea Lange Born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn May 26, 1895 Died
October 11, 1965 (aged 70)
Nationality
American
Known for
Photography Depression Era WPA project

9. Margaret Bourke-White
Born
Margaret White June 14, 1904
Died
Nationality
Occupation
August 27, 1971 (aged 67)
American
Photojournalist

10. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Born
August 22, 1908
Died
August 3, 2004 (aged 95)
Nationality
French
Occupation
Photographer and Painter
(father of using 35mm film)

11. Robert Capa
Born
Endre Friedmann[1] October 22, 1913 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died
Known for War Photography
May 25, 1954 (aged 40) Thai Binh, State of Vietnam

12. Philippe Halsman Born: May 2, 1906 Died: June 25, 1979 Riga, Latvia
New York City, NY
Philippe Halsman's Jump Book
Salvador Dali, 1948

13. Man Ray
Born
Emmanuel Radnitzky August 27, 1890 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Died
November 18, 1976 (aged 86) Paris, France
Nationality
American
Known for
Painting, Photography,Assemblage, Collage, Film
Movement
Surrealism, Dadaism

14. W. Eugene Smith Born December 30, 1918 Died Nationality
October 15, 1978 (aged 59)
American
Occupation
Photographer, photojournalist

15. Edward Weston Born March 24, 1886 Died January 1, 1958 (aged 71)
Nationality
American
Known for
Photography

16. Ansel Adams Born Ansel Easton Adams February 20, 1902 Died Nationality
Occupation
April 22, 1984 (aged 82)
American
Photographer, Pianist

17. George Hurrell Born: June 1, 1904 Died: May 17, 1992
Celeberty and fashion photography

18. Yousuf Karsh Born December 23, 1908 Died July 13, 2002 (aged 93)
Nationality
Canadian
Known for
Photography
Notable work(s)
Portrait of Winston Churchill, Portrait of Albert Einstein, Portrait of The Queen, Portrait of John F Kennedy

19. Garry Winogrand Born January 14, 1928 Died March 19, 1984 (aged 56)
Nationality
American
Occupation
Photographer
Known for “Street” photography

20. Arnold Newman Born Arnold Abner Newman March 3, 1918 Died
June 6, 2006 (aged 88)
Nationality
American
Known for
Portrait Photography News Photography, Photography Teacher

21. Robert Frank Born November 9, 1924 Nationality American Occupation
Photographer, film director

22. Irving Penn Born June 16, 1917 Died Nationality October 7, 2009
American
Occupation
Photographer

23. Edwin Smith Born: May 15, 1912 Died: December 29, 1971
Education: Architectural Association School of Architecture

24. Richard Avedon Born May 15, 1923 Died October 1, 2004 (aged 81)
Nationality
American
Known for
Fashion and portrait Photography

25. Herb Ritts Born August 13, 1952 Died December 26, 2002 (aged 50)
Nationality
American
Occupation
Photographer
Known for
Black-and-white Fashion photography

26. Elliot Erwitt Born July 26, 1928 Paris, France. Nationality American
Occupation
Photographer, movie director

27. Gordon Parks
Born
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks November 30, 1912
Died
March 7, 2006 
Nationality
American
Known for
Photographer writer musician film director composer

28. James Nachtwey Born Nationality March 14, 1948 American Occupation
Photojournalist
War Photography

29. Steve McCurry Born April 23, 1950 (age 64) Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
Photojournalist
Famous for his National Geographic cover.

30. Annie Leibovitz Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz October 2, 1949 . Nationality
American
Known for
Fashion and celebrity Photography

31. Sandy Skoglund Born September 5, 1946 Nationality American Known for
Photography, Sculpture,Installation
Movement
Photo Surrealism

32. David LaChapelle Born: March 11, 1963 American
Known for: commercial photographer, fine-art photographer, music video director, film director, and artist.
He is best known for his photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages.

33. Michael Muller Michael Muller (born 1970) American
Photographer known for his celebrity and advertising photos.

34. Joe McNally
(born 27 July 1952) is an American photographer who has been shooting for the National Geographic Society since 1987

35. Joel Sartore
(born June 16, 1962, Ponca City, Oklahoma) is an American photographer, speaker, author, teacher, and a National Geographic photographer.

36. Marc Aspland
-Marc Aspland -British -Works for The Times newspaper in London where he shoots sports photography.

37. Tom Till
"I love my job, I love Utah, and my fervent hope is that my images will lead to a deeper appreciation for the natural world and Utah’s singular portion of it."