Cecil BeatonSir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ( January 14, 1904 January 18, 1980) was an English fashion and portrait photographer. Educated at Harrow and St. John's College at Cambridge University, Beaton picked up photography on his own. He taught himself the tricks o
Bernd and Hilla BecherBernd and Hilla Becher (Bernd born 1931, Hilla 1934) are German photographers most known for their collection of industrial building images examining the similarities and differences in structure and appearance. Bernd and Hilla met each other at the Dusse
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E. J. BellocqErnest J. Bellocq ( 1873- 1949) was a professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. John Ernest Joseph Bellocq was born in a white Creole family in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Bellocq is best remembered for his
James BidgoodJames Bidgood was a US photographer and filmmaker. His photography work, at its best in the 1950s, featured young men in fantastical scenes. His work was an inspiration for the 1990s photographers Pierre et Gilles whose style is very similar. As a filmmak
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Karl BlossfeldtKarl Blossfeldt ( 1865 1932) was a German photographer, sculptor, and teacher. The 1928 publication of Urformen der Kunst (Archetypes of Art), a stunning collection of extreme closeup photos of plants, earned Blossfeldt a place as a pioneer in the New Obj
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Margaret Bourke-WhiteMargaret Bourke-White ( June 14, 1906 August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and photo journalist. She was born in the Bronx, New York, and grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey. In 1922, she began studying herpetology at Columbia University where she
Jane BownJane Bown (born 1928) is a British photographer who has worked for The Observer newspaper in the United Kingdom since 1949. Her portraits of the famous of the 20th and 21st centuries have received critical acclaim, even earning her an exhibition of her wo
Mathew BradyMathew B. Brady (ca. 1823 January 15, 1896) was a famous photographer of the American Civil War. Brady was born in Warren County, New York as the son of Irish immigrants. He moved to New York City at the age of 17. By 1844, he had his own photography stud
