Biography: 19th Century pioneer photographer Johann Pucher
Johann Pucher (1814-1864) was a Slovene photographer who invented an unusual process for making photographs…
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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 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 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: 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: Early XX Century Portrait photographer William Berry
William Berry was a studio photographer from the 1890s to about 1930. William Berry Collection…
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Biography: 19th Century Gender photographers Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg
Marie Høeg (1866-1949) had short cropped hair. Bolette Berg (1872-1944) kept hers long. Marie was…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn
Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882 – 1966) was an early 20th-century photographer who became a key…
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Biography: Pioneer of Mug Shot – Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Bertillon (1853 – 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied…
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Biography: Fashion, Portrait and War photographer Cecil Beaton
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904 – 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war…
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Biography: Nudes/Portrait photographer Andre de Dienes
Andre de Dienes (1913 – 1985) was a Romanian American photographer, noted for his work…
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Biography: Pictorial Portrait photographer William Mortensen
William Mortensen (1897-1965) was an American art photographer, primarily known for his Hollywood portraits in…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Helmar Lerski
Helmar Lerski (1871-1956) who was born in Strasbourg in 1871 as Israel Schmuklerski and whose…
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Biography: Portrait photographer Philippe Halsman
Halsman (1906 – 1979) grew up in Riga, Latvia, in a family of assimilated Jews and…
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Biography: Pictorial Portrait photographer Rudolph Eickemeyer Jr
Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. (August 7, 1862 – April 25, 1932) was an American pictorialist photographer,…
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Biography: XIX Century Portrait photographer Napoleon Sarony
Napoleon Sarony (1821 – 1896) was an American lithographer and photographer. Sarony was one of…
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