All time famous photographers

Berenice Abbott: Known for: photographs of New York, portraits of notable artists including James Joyce, promoting work of French photographer Eugene Atget.

Annie Leibovitz:Annie's first widely published photo was the January 12, 1971 cover image for Rolling Stone. Her career has centered around celebrity portraiture for various magazines and special projects.

Joe Rosenthal:Rosenthal is best known for his photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. The flag raising over Iwo Jima was captured on February 23, 1945 and depicts 4 marines lifting a large flag onto a shell-strown hilltop.

Irving Penn: Irving Penn was one of a group of photographers in the 30s and 40s (including Richard Avedon) that studied under Alexey Brodovitch and followed a very stark style of photography. Subjects were usually placed in front of a plain background with very basic lighting. This style was influential in the shaping of modern fashion photography.

Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams is very likely the single most recognized photographer by name. A combination of timing and location led to his fame. In the early nineteenth century travel took much longer than today so Adams’ sweeping views of the stunning Western United States landscapes were unprecedented views to the vast majority of Americans.

Helmut Newton: Helmut Newton is a famous photographer who primarily specialized in fashion photography early on but later became well known for his portraits of nude women.

Eadweard Muybridge: Eadweard Muybridge is one of the earliest and most popular photographers in the entire world. He had very revolutionary work for his time period, and much of his work is still well-known even to those who may not really follow the history of photography much. His pioneering came in the form of using still photos

Dorothea Lange: Dorthea Lange has taken one of the most recognizable and influential photographs of all time, called the Migrant Mother. She is well known for this photograph single-handidly and is almost always used to depict the Great Depression era in the history books