1. Master of Photography:
Ansel Adams
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2. Master of Photography:
Born:
Mathew Brady
Died:
1822
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Father of photojournalism
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Jan. 15 1875
Portraits of celebrities
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Born in new york, hes the youngest of a family of irish immigrants , he was the
student to william page. Page taught him about portraits. He opened a studio
to help people.
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He took portraits of celebrities. He had a specific type of photography its
called daguerreotype.

3. Master of Photography:
Julia Margaret Cameron
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4. Master of Photography:
Born:
Alfred Stieglitz
Died:
Jan 1 1864
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Him being a perfectionist
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1946
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He was a super smart kid and thought public schools were far too easy. Also a
perfectionist when it came to his photo. At first he didn’t sell his artwork, so
his father bought a part of the company to help his son.
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He took a lot of photos of things that have to do with everyday life like people
getting off a boat or riding in a horse drawn carriage.

5. Master of Photography:
W. Eugene Smith
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6. Master of Photography:
Born:
Dorothea Lange
Died:
1895
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Taking photos of homeless people during the
depression
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1965
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Went to columbia university and was taught by clarence h. white. She had
two children and later divirced her husband and remarried. When the great
depression came through she took photos of homeless people.
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She took photos of people struggling with everyday life. She took great photos,
and people thought the same way.

7. Master of Photography:
Alexander Rodchenko
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8. Master of Photography:
Born:
Robert Frank
Died:
1924
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Making multiple photobooks
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Born into a wealthy jewish family, only photographer in the family. He made
many films, and did filmography. He was skeptical about coming to america.
He didn’t realize that coming to america would produce some of his best work.
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He took many photos set in the city, pictures of crowds, traffic, and people just
walking city streets.

9. Master of Photography:
Lennart Nilsson
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10. Master of Photography:
Born:
Annie Liebovitz
Died:
1949
Famous For:
Being the chief photographer for rolling stone
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Intimate portraits
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Biographical Information:
The is the third of six children, born in waterbury, Connecticut. She was first a
staff photographer for the newly created magazine rolling stone. She later
became chief photographer for the magazine from 1973 to 1983. she was
really the person who created the rolling stone image, with her intimate
portraits.
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She created many of the famous portraits for the rolling stone. Her intimate
portraits created the mainline look for the magazine.

11. Master of Photography:
Richard Avedon
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12. Master of Photography: jerry ueslemann
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1934
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Being a master printer
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Uses mass amounts of negatives.
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Was born in detroit, michigan. Attended public schools, he found photography
at a young age. He began teaching photography at the university of florida.
What really made his career take off was his first solo at the museum of
modern art. Produced composite photographs with a lot of negatives and a lot
of darkroom work.
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Very majestic. Seems like he would do like dark magic, its pretty cool. He uses
a lot of negatives and tons of darkroom work and hes a genius printer.