Biography: Fashion photographer Willy Maywald
Willy Maywald was born in Kleve in the Lower Rhine region in 1907, he attended…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Mary Ellen Mark
Mary Ellen Mark (1940 – 2015) has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions…
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Biography: Fashion/Portrait photographer Herb Ritts
Herbert Ritts (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer who…
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Biography: Documentary/Architecture photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher
Bernd and Hilla Becher were German artists working as a collaborative duo. They are best…
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Biography: Documentary photographer Lewis Hine
Lewis Hine (1874 – 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine was educated as…
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Biography: Pictorial Rural Life photographer Peter Henry Emerson
Peter Henry Emerson (1856 – 1936) was a British photographer. He bought his first camera…
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Biography: City / Street photographer Eva Besnyo
Eva Besnyo (1910–2002) was a Dutch-Hungarian photographer who participated in the Nieuwe Fotografie (New Photography)…
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Biography: Documentary photographer Walker Evans
Walker Evans (1903 – 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for…
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Biography: Nude/Fetish photographer Elmer Batters
Elmer Batters (November 24, 1919 – June 25, 1997) was a pioneer fetish photographer who…
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Biography: Robert Frank
Robert Frank (born November 9, 1924) is an American photographer. His most notable work, the…
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Biography: Documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White (1904 – 1971) was an American documentary photographer. Margaret Bourke-White was one of…
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Biography: Documentary photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902 – 2002) was Mexico’s first principal artistic photographer and is the…
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Biography: City Life/Street photographer Louis Faurer
Born in 1916 to immigrant parents from the Russian/Polish border, Louis Faurer’s childhood, in a…
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Biography: People/Portrait photographer Pedro Luis Raota
Pedro Luis Raota (1934-1986) was an Argentinian photographer. At a young age he sold his…
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Biography: Paul Strand
Paul Strand (1890 – 1976). When he was 17 years old, he began taking photography…
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Biography: Documentary photographer Lala Deen Dayal
Lala Deen Dayal (1844–1905) was an Indian photographer. An engineer by education, Dayal was drawn…
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Biography: Abstract photographer Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron (11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) was a British photographer. She…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Nadar
Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (6 April 1820 – 23 March 1910), a…
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Biography: Ken Domon
Ken Domon (25 October 1909 – 15 September 1990) is one of the most renowned…
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