The document provides biographical information and descriptions of work for 12 famous photographers: Ansel Adams, Mathew Brady, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, W. Eugene Smith, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko, Robert Frank, Lennart Nilsson, Annie Liebovitz, Richard Avedon, and Jerry Ueslmann. It includes when they were born and died, the type of photography they were known for, and whether their work was in black and white or color.

1. Master of Photography:
Ansel Adams
Born: 1902
Famous For:
Died: 1984
The Face of Half Dome
Type of Photography: landscape
B&W or Color:
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Black and white
Biographical Information:
Adams was from California, as a
childe he had no interest in sports
but always enjoyed nature. In 1927
Ansel produced his first photo.
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Description of Work:
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Most of Ansels pictures where done in black
and white but also experimented with color.
Ansel thought that working with color could be
distracting from the true beauty of the photo.
His photos helped photography as an art that
was seen as other forms of art like art and
music.

2. Master of Photography:
Mathew Brady
Born:
1822
Died:
1896
Famous For: Civil war documentation
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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landscape
Black and white
Biographical Information:
Mathew was and Irish immigrant.
At the age of 16 he studied under
William Page. When he got older
Mathew opened up a photography
studio.
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Description of Work:
In 1862 most of Mathews work was
pictures from battle of Atnietam. Later he
took many pictures of the American civil
war. Mathew Brady photographed 18 out
of 19 presidents at the time.
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3. Master of Photography:
Born:
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815
Died: 1879
Famous For: Cropped portraits
Type of Photography: Portraits
B&W or Color: Sepia
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Biographical Information:
Julia was a Indian woman who became a
photographer making her a British
photographer. Julia's photography career
lasted a total of eleven years. She started
photographing at the age of 48.
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Description of Work:
Many of her pictures are done using sepia
tones. All The people she photographs
have a very natural look to them .Her
pictures in my opinion show how simple
she might have lived.
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4. Master of Photography:
Alfred Stieglitz
Born: 1864
Died: 1946
Famous For:
Type of Photography: landscapes
B&W or Color: Sepia
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Biographical Information:
Alfred was an American citizen. Alfred was
highly intelligent who spent most of his
education in private school. Alfred refused
to sell any of his photos.
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Description of Work:
Alfred's pictures where mostly all sepia
tone and where of landscapes. His pictures
show everyday life in late 19th centuries.
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5. Master of Photography:
W. Eugene Smith
Born: 1918
Died: 1978
Famous For: World war 2 photographs
Type of Photography: portraits
B&W or Color: Black and white
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Biographical Information:
American photographer, was from
Wichita Kansas and later moved to
new York. In New York he was a
photographer for news week.
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Description of Work:
Smiths work shower graphic details from the world
war two. For 8 years smith photographed jazz
musicians.
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6. Master of Photography:
Born:
Dorothea Lange
1895
Died:
1965
Famous For: Japanese during world war 2
Type of Photography: portraits
B&W or Color: Black and white
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Biographical Information:
Dorothea Lange would photograph the
poor men and women during the great
depression. Art and literature were big
parts of Lange’s upbringing. By 1918 Lange
was living in san Francisco and soon
running a successful portrait studio.
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Description of Work:
Langes pictures often showed the poor
and minority. All langes pictures where in
black and white.
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7. Master of Photography:
Alexander Rodchenko
Born: Dec. 5, 1891
Died: Dec. 3, 1956
Famous For: one of the founders of
constructivism and Russian design
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color: B&W
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artist, sculptor, photographer
and graphic designer.
Photomontage
Biographical Information:
Alexander Rodchenko entered the Kazan school of
fines arts for his interest in photography in 1910 and
graduated in 1914. in 1915 Rodchenko moved to
Moscow and enrolled in the Graphic section of the
Stroganov School of Applied Art. From 1917 to 1921
Rodchenko had his own exhibition called exhibition of
works by Rodchenko. Rodchenko took up a different
type of art called photomontage. he started creating
his own photography and received many graphic
design commissions for book covers and posters, in
1923
Description of Work:
Rodchenko’s art had a lot of patter
in it. Any photo he took had to have
some type of pattern.
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8. Master of Photography:
Robert Frank
Born: Nov. 9, 1924
Famous For:
Died:
photography collection The Americans
Type of Photography: Street photographer
B&W or Color: B&W
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Biographical Information:
Born in Switzerland around the time of wwII Nazism,
frank turned to photography of means to escape the
confines of his business-oriented family and home.
Frank immigrated to the United States in 1947 and
secured a job in new York city as a fashion
photographer for Harpers Bazaar. Soon left to south
America and Europe to shoot more pictures than
returned to America in 1950. later frank married Mary
Lockspeiser and had to children Pablo and Andrea.
Later divorced.
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Description of Work:
Frank’s work was more the lifestyle of people.
Everyday people doing everyday things.
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9. Master of Photography:
Lennart Nilsson
Born: August 24, 1922
Died:
Famous For: His nook “ a child is born”
Type of Photography: Medical photography
B&W or Color: Color
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Biographical Information:
Lennar Nilsson is a pioneer in medical photography. He has
documented the inside of man down to the level of a cell.
Beginning his career as a photojournalist in the middle of the
1940’s. he was under contract as a photographer from 19651972. Nilsson has established an international reputation for
his films for television on the human body, but he has also
directed his attention to the animal world and the plant and
insect world. Nilsson received a lot of eminent awards and
prizes for his photographic work.. Nilsson received the 12th
presentation of the Swedish government’s Illis Quorum, in
2002. the Swedish Government awards Lennart Nilsson the
honorary title of professor, in 2009.
Description of Work:
Many people liked lennart Nilsson's
work. I find it quite strange. It is in
color and it is the fetal process of
mankind in the womb.
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10. Master of Photography:
Born:
Annie Liebovitz
Died:
Act. 2, 1949
Famous For:
Type of Photography:
Portrait photographer
B&W or Color: B & W , and color
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Biographical Information:
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Liebovitz took a job
in rolling stones magazine in 1970. she later began
working for entertainment magazine vanity fair in
1983. in the late 1980’s liebovitz started a number of
high- profile advertising campaigns. From the 1990’s
to present day she has been working on publishing
and exhibiting her work.
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Description of Work:
Work is in black and white, and color.
Annie liebovitz is a modern photographer.
Her pictures contain images of people.
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11. Master of Photography:
Richard Avedon
Born: May 15, 1923
Died: Oct. 1, 2014
Famous For:
Type of Photography: Minimalists portraits
B&W or Color: Black and white
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Biographical Information:
Richard Avedon was born in new York city. In
1944 Avedon began working as an advertising
photographer for a department store, but was
discovered by the art director for the fashion
magazine Harper's bazaar. In 1945 his
photographs started showing in junior bazaar
and than later on in bazaar itself. In 1946
Avedon set up his own studio and provided
picture for other magazines. He's soon became
the chief photographer for Harper's bazaar.
Description of Work:
Photographs contain people in them,. They
are black and white images. More modern
looking.
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12. Master of Photography:
Jerry Ueslmann
Born: June 11,1934
Died:
Famous For: Multiple imagery and surrealism
Type of Photography: Multy layered imagery
B&W or Color: Black and white
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Biographical Information:
Jerry ueslmann was born in Detroit Michigan.
While attending public school, at the age of 14
ueslmann’s interest in photography sparked.
While in school he managed to get a couple of
photography gigs. When grown he started
teaching photography at the university of
Florida in 1960. in 1967 ueslmann had his first
solo exhibit at the museum of modern art.
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Description of Work:
His artwork looks very magical. Looks
unbelievably real. His artwork is in black
and white.
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