Landmark photographs and influential photographers from the invention of photography to today.
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- Who took the first photograph in 1826?
- Nicéphore Niépce
- What photographic process did Louis Daguerre invent in 1839?
- The daguerreotype
- Who developed the negative-positive photographic process?
- William Henry Fox Talbot
- What major camera innovation did George Eastman introduce in 1885?
- Roll film
- Which photographer is most famous for documenting the American Civil War?
- Mathew Brady
- What photographic approach did Jacob Riis pioneer?
- Documentary photography of social conditions and tenements
- Who founded the Photo-Secession movement in 1902?
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Who took the iconic photograph Migrant Mother in 1936?
- Dorothea Lange
- What government program employed photographers to document American rural life in the 1930s?
- The Farm Security Administration (FSA)
- Who developed the Zone System for controlling photographic exposure and tone?
- Ansel Adams
- What is Henri Cartier-Bresson's most famous photography principle called?
- The decisive moment
- Who pioneered the photographic essay as a storytelling form?
- W. Eugene Smith
- Which photographer is famous for his D-Day landing photographs in World War II?
- Robert Capa
- What experimental photographic technique did Man Ray invent?
- The rayograph or photogram
- Who revolutionized fashion and portrait photography in the 20th century?
- Cecil Beaton