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Adams, Ansel
Adams, Ansel (1902-1984), was an American photographer known for his dramatic photographs of the West.
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Arbus, Diane, dee AN, (1923-1971), was an American photographer known for her powerful pictures of society's outsiders.
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Arnold, Eve (1913-...), an American photojournalist, became known for her beautifully observed photographs of both celebrities and ordinary people.
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Avedon, AV uh don, Richard (1923-2004), an American photographer, is credited with raising fashion photography to an art form.
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Bailey, David (1938-...), a British photographer and film director, rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the 1960's.
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Beaton, Sir Cecil (1904-1980), a British artist, designer, and photographer, published many books of photographic studies.
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Cameron, KAM uhr uhn, Julia Margaret (1815-1879), a British photographer, pioneered in the field of artistic photography.
See more »Cartier-Bresson, Henri
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, kah TYAY breh SAWN, ahn REE (1908-2004), was a French photographer known for his ability to capture the significance of an event by the arrangement of people and objects in a scene.
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Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952), was an American photographer and an authority on Native Americans.
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Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande, dah GAIR, lwee zhahk mahn DAY (1787-1851), a French stage designer and painter, introduced the first popular form of photography.
See more »Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Edgerton, Harold Eugene (1903-1990), an American engineer and inventor, revolutionized high-speed photography with his electronic stroboscope, an instrument that can produce single or rapidly repeating flashes of light.
See more »Eisenstaedt, Alfred
Eisenstaedt, EYE zehn stat, Alfred (1898-1995), an American photographer, is regarded as a pioneer of informal, unposed news photography.
See more »Evans, Walker
Evans, Walker (1903-1975), was an American photographer who became best known for his pictures of Southern sharecroppers of the 1930's.
See more »Fairchild, Sherman Mills
Fairchild, Sherman Mills (1896-1971), was an American inventor and businessman who pioneered in aircraft design and aerial photography.
See more »Foster, Sir Norman
Foster, Sir Norman (1935-...), a British architect, is one of the world's leading modernist architects.
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Gabor, GAHB awr, Dennis (1900-1979), a Hungarian-born engineer, invented holography, a method of making three-dimensional photographs.
See more »Hurley, Frank
Hurley, Frank (1885-1962), an Australian still photographer and motion-picture cameraman, accompanied four expeditions to the Antarctic between 1911 and 1934.
See more »Jackson, William Henry
Jackson, William Henry (1843-1942), was an American photographer famous for his pictures of the Old West.
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