Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge

male, deceased (1904)
photographer, celluloid, English American, Pioneerofphotography, Cinematographer, American
Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 - May 8, 1904) was an English-born photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to capture...
Louis Daguerre

Louis Daguerre

male, deceased (1851)
Chemist, artist, Pioneerofphotography, photographer, French, photography
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was the French artist and chemist who is recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.
Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron

female, deceased (1879)
from the Isle of Wight, Pioneerofphotography, British, isle of wight, Portrait photographer, photography
Julia Margaret Cameron (June 11 1815 - January 26 1879) was a British photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of the time,...
George Eastman

George Eastman

male, deceased (1932)
photography, photographic film, From Rochester, New York, eastman kodak, roll film, Fotografia…Pioneerofphotography, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Hollywood Walk of Fame
George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. The roll film was also...
Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams

male, deceased (1984)
photographer, Nature photographer, American West, Yosemite, zone system, black-and-white…Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Pioneerofphotography
Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer, best known for his black and white photographs of the American West. Adams also authored numerous...
John Herschel

John Herschel

male, deceased (1871)
From Slough, Colour blindness, German-English, Sir William Herschel, Tripos Wranglers, uranus…Pioneerofphotography, Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order, Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH (March 7, 1792-May 11, 1871) was an English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and...
William Fox Talbot

William Fox Talbot

male, deceased (1877)
York, early photographer, Nathaniel Whittock, early photographer of York, bird's-eye view, early photographs…photography, member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, British Photography, Pioneerofphotography
William Henry Fox Talbot was an early photographer who made major contributions to the photographic process. He is remembered as the holder of a...
Gustave Le Gray

Gustave Le Gray

male, deceased (1884)
painter, collodion process, Paul Delaroche, horizon, mediterranean, collodion…photography, Pioneerofphotography
Gustave Le Gray is known as the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century because of his technical innovations in the still new...
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

male, deceased (2004)
photographer, decisive moment, social sexual tabu' ironize, emphasize daily life, occhio del secolo, beginning of last century protagonist…Pioneerofphotography, photography, street photography
Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 - August 3 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early...

Nicéphore Niépce

male, deceased (1833)
L.J.M. Daguerre, Heliographie, died 5.7.1833, died in gras, born 7.3.1765, born in chalons sur saone…photography, Pioneerofphotography
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, also spelled Niepce was a French inventor, most noted as a pioneer in photography.