There are many iconic photographers in the history of photography. Here is a list of some of them, in chronological order:
William Henry Fox Talbot
One of the pioneers of photography, known for developing the calotype process.
Roger Fenton
A British photographer known for his photographs of the Crimean War.
Mathew Brady
An American photographer who documented the American Civil War.
Eadweard Muybridge
Known for his work in action photography and for his study of human and animal movement.
Julia Margaret Cameron
A British photographer known for her artistic portraits of Victorian-era celebrities.
Lewis Hine
An American photographer who documented the lives of workers at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century.
Dorothea Lange
An American photographer known for her documentary photographs of the Great Depression.
Ansel Adams:
An American photographer known for his stunning black and white landscapes of nature.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
One of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, known for his style of street photography and for being one of the founders of Magnum Photos.
Diane Arbus
An American photographer known for her portraits of marginalized and socially marginalized people.
Richard Avedon
An American photographer known for his fashion and celebrity portraits.
Robert Mapplethorpe
An American photographer known for his controversial black-and-white photographs of male nudes and flowers.
Cindy Sherman
An American artist and photographer known for her self-portraits in which she disguises herself as different characters.
Sebastião Salgado
A Brazilian photographer known for his stunning black and white documentary photographs of life in different parts of the world.
Steve McCurry
An American photographer known for his documentary photographs of life in Afghanistan and for his famous photograph “The Afghan Girl.”
Irving Penn
An American photographer known for his fashion and celebrity portraits, as well as for his photographs of everyday objects in a minimalist style.
Helmut Newton
A German photographer known for his provocative and erotic images of fashion and advertising.
Annie Leibovitz
An American photographer known for her portraits of celebrities and her work in magazines such as Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.
Mary Ellen Mark
An American photographer known for her documentary photographs of marginalized people and for her work in film and advertising.
Nan Goldin
An American photographer known for her documentary work on everyday life, as well as for her photographs exploring themes such as sexual identity and domestic violence.
Martin Parr
A British photographer known for his humorous and satirical images of everyday life and popular culture.
Edward Weston
An American photographer known for his stunning photographs of objects and landscapes in a modernist style.
Sally Mann
An American photographer known for her portraits of her family and her work in landscape and nature photography.
Garry Winogrand
An American photographer known for his work in street photography and documentary, capturing spontaneous and vibrant moments of urban life.
Lee Friedlander
An American photographer known for his ingenious and striking compositions in street and documentary photography, as well as for his work in landscape and nature photography.
Sebastião Salgado:
A Brazilian photographer known for his striking black and white documentary photographs of topics such as poverty, migration and the environment.
Hiroshi Sugimoto
A Japanese photographer known for his stunning black-and-white landscape and architecture photography, as well as his work in concept photography.
Alex Webb
An iconic American photographer known for his vibrant and colorful photographs of urban life around the world.
William Eggleston
One of the iconic American photographers known for being one of the first to use color photography as an artistic medium.
Joel Meyerowitz
One of the iconic American photographers known for his photographs of urban life in New York, as well as for his work in landscape and nature photography.
