Famous Photographers

Information on the most famous photographers in history of photography.
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Famous Black and White Photographers
With the advent of different technologies in the field of photography, black and white photography continues to be popular even today. Read on about the famous black and white photographers.

Famous Fashion Photographers
Fashion photography has seen new trends and styles being adopted with time. Here’s a look at some famous fashion photographers who have set trends and inspired many to go their way!

Famous Photographers
It could be a hobby to some, a profession to others or simply an obsession. Photography has inspired and stimulated the minds of many. Let us take a peek at some of the famous photographers who pioneered this art.

Photographer Capa's Lost Treasure Chest Unearthed
A lost treasure trove containing thousands of negatives by one of the world's most famous photographers, Robert Capa, has been recovered

Obituary: Bob Carlos Clarke
Photographer known for his erotic images and for making chefs look interesting.

Obituary: Lord Lichfield
Society photographer and doyen of the 'swinging 60s' who was a cousin of the Queen.

War Photographer's 1933 Portraits From All-black Opera Unveiled
A pair of portraits by Lee Miller - the brilliant photographer who was the lover-muse of surrealist painter Man Ray and was famously pictured in Hitler's bath in 1945 - is to be shown for the first time.

Photographer Who Turned a Hobby Into an Art Form
Henri Cartier-Bresson, universally acknowledged as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, was buried yesterday, two days after his unannounced death at home in the south of France. He was 95. "He had not been eating for several days. He grew gradually weaker," a...

The Man Who Created Gods and Goddesses With His Camera
The photographer Herb Ritts, whose art was once described as making men and women look "like gods", has died in Los Angeles at the age of 50. His portfolio of celebrity portraits included Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Stephen Hawking, as well as Madonna, whom he persuaded to pose in...

The sordid and the sublime
Ansel Adams composed elegant images of America's awe-inspiring landscapes. William Eggleston was more concerned with empty diners and the dust under the bed. They make a perfect couple, says Adrian Searle.

Western hero
Photographer Ansel Adams's epic American landscapes did as much as John Wayne's films to create and maintain the legend of the Old West.