Biography: 19th Century African-American daguerreotypist Augustus Washington
Augustus Washington (1820 – 1875) was an African-American photographer and daguerreotypist, who later in his…
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Biography: 19th Century Australian photographer Charles Kerry
Charles Kerry (1857 – 1928) began working in the Sydney photo studio of A.H. Lamartiniere…
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Biography: 19th Century Portrait photographer Lina Jonn
Lina Jonn, birth name Carolina Johnsson, (1861–1896) was an early Swedish photographer. Jonn appears to…
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Biography: 19th Century Portrait photographer Pietro Marubi
Pietro Marubi (1834 – 1903) was an Italian painter and photographer who, as a supporter…
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Biography: 19th Century Rome photographer Robert Turnbull Macpherson
Robert Turnbull Macpherson (1814 – 1872) was a Scottish artist and photographer who worked in…
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Biography: Pictorial/Nudes photographer Arthur F. Kales
Arthur F. Kales (1882 – 1936) received a law degree from the University of California…
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Biography: 19th Century Dutch-Flemish photographer Isidore van Kinsbergen
Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821 – 1905) was a Dutch-Flemish engraver who took the first archaeological…
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Biography: 19th Century Daguerreotype Studio – Southworth & Hawes
Albert Sands Southworth (1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808-1901) operated a daguerreotype studio together in…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Gertrude Käsebier
Gertrude Käsebier (1852 – 1934) was one of the most influential American photographers of the…
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Biography: Photographer of Nudes – Alfred Cheney Johnston
Alfred Cheney Johnston (1885–1971) was born in New York City, and at the age of…
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Biography: 19th Century photographic duo Hill & Adamson
In 1843 painter David Octavius Hill joined engineer Robert Adamson to form Scotland’s first photographic…
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Biography: 19th Century Portrait photographer Alberto Henschel
Alberto Henschel (1827 – 1882) was a German-Brazilian photographer born in Berlin. Considered the hardest-working…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Spencer Digby
Spencer Digby (1901 – 1995) was a New Zealand photographer. He ran a well-known and…
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Biography: 19th Century British India photographer Fred Bremner
Fred Bremner (1863-1941) was a Scottish photographer. His portraiture work in British India, spanning 1882…
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Biography: photographer John Watt Beattie
John Watt Beattie (1859 – 1930) was an Australian photographer. Beattie was born in Aberdeen,…
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Biography: 19th Century photographer James Craig Annan
James Craig Annan (1864 – 1946) was a pioneering Scottish-born photographer and Honorary Fellow of…
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Biography: City Life photographer Roman Vishniac
Roman Vishniac (1897 – 1990) was a Russian-American photographer, best known for capturing the culture…
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Biography: 19th Century photographer Adolphe Braun
Adolphe Braun (1812 – 1877) was a French photographer, best known for his floral still…
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Biography: 19th Century Architecture photographer Francis Frith
Francis Frith (1822 – 1898) was an English photographer of the Middle East and many…
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Biography: Broadway photographer Joseph Byron
Joseph Byron (January 1847 – May 28, 1923) was an English photographer who founded the…
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