Famous Photographer List

Famous Photographers

One of the best ways to improve your photography is to look at great images and learn from famous photographer’s work.

For this reason we asked our instructors to create a list of famous photographers. We divided them into different categories, with the objective of helping you find those that tend to shoot the type of photography you enjoy.

Beware that the categories are just a reference; some photographers may fit more than one category.

We recommend using this list to search for photographers who shoot the type of photography you enjoy. Once you’ve found one you like, we encourage you to learn more about the photographer’s work.

Hope this list helps you!

Landscape Photographers

  • Acacia Johnson 
  • Andrew Wertz
  • Ansel Adams
  • Benjamin Heath 
  • Carleton Watkins
  • Chelsea Welsh
  • Christopher Rodriguez 
  • Claudio Nolasco
  • David Muench
  • Edouard Baldus
  • Edward Burtynsky
  • Edward Weston
  • Eliot Porter
  • Eric Ruby
  • Galen Rowell
  • Jesse Chehak
  • Joe Deal
  • Joel Sternfeld 
  • John Gossage 
  • Keith Yahrling
  • Lucas Foglia 
  • Minor White
  • Peter Holzhauer
  • Philip Hyde
  • Rachel Jump
  • Rebecca Norris Webb 
  • Robert Adams
  • Stephen Shore
  • Steven B. Smith
  • Thad Russell 
  • Tim Carpenter
  • Timothy O'Sullivan
  • Todd Hido
  • Walker Evans 
  • WH Jackson

Portrait Photographers

  • Alexi Hobbs 
  • Amy Stein
  • Anton Corbijn
  • Arno Minkkinen 
  • Arnold Newman
  • Blake Fitch
  • Bob Gruen
  • Christine Osinki 
  • Christopher Churchill 
  • Cig Harvey
  • Cindy Sherman
  • Doug Dubois
  • Edward Steichen
  • Emmet Gowin 
  • Frances Denny
  • Harry Callahan 
  • James Van Der Zee
  • Jesse Burke 
  • Jordan Baumgarten 
  • Josh Loeser 
  • Katie Koti
  • Katy Grannan
  • Ke Peng
  • Kristine Potter 
  • Lindsay D’Addato 
  • Martin Schoeller
  • Martine Franck 
  • Nadar
  • Nathan Pearce
  • Nguan 
  • Nicholas Nixon
  • Noelle McCleaf
  • Pieter Hugo
  • Rineke Dijkstra
  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Scott Alario
  • Sebastian Collett 
  • Sophie Barbasch 
  • Susan Lipper 
  • Vivian Maier 
  • Whitten Sabatini 

Street Photographers

  • Aaron Huey 
  • Bruce Gilden
  • Curran Hatleberg 
  • Daido Moriyama
  • David Hurn
  • Diane Arbus
  • Garry Winogrand 
  • Helen Levitt
  • Henri Cartier Bresson 
  • Henry Wessel
  • Jacques Henri Lartigue
  • Joel Meyerwitz 
  • Joseph Michael Lopez
  • Justin Kimball 
  • Lee Friedlander 
  • Lisette Model
  • Paul McDonough 
  • Richard Kalver 
  • Robert Frank
  • Saul Leiter
  • Sohrab Hura
  • Thomas Roma   
  • Trent Parke 
  • William Klein

Documentary Photographers

  • Aaron Siskind
  • Alec Soth
  • Alexandra Boulat
  • Ami Vitale
  • August Sander 
  • Bill Owens
  • Brassai
  • Bruce Davidson
  • Carl de Keyzer 
  • Cornell Capa 
  • Dorothea Lange
  • Edward S. Curtis 
  • Edweard Muybridge
  • Elliott Erwitt
  • Gordon Parks
  • Irina Rozovsky 
  • Jack Delano
  • Jacob Riis
  • James Nachtwey
  • Joachim Ladefoged
  • John Stanmeyer
  • John Vachon
  • Joseph Koudelka
  • Larry Clark
  • Lewis Hine
  • Louis Daguerre
  • Manuel Alvarez Bravo
  • Margaret Bourke-White
  • Marion Post Wolcott
  • Mark Steinmetz 
  • Martha Rosler
  • Martin Parr
  • Mary Ellen Mark
  • Matt Eich
  • Mitch Epstein
  • Nan Goldin
  • O. Winston Link
  • Olivia Arthur 
  • Peter van Agtmael 
  • Richard Billingham
  • Robert Capa 
  • Robert Doisneau
  • Roman Vishniac
  • Roy DeCarava
  • Sally Mann
  • Sebastiao Salgado
  • Stephen DiRado 
  • Steve McCurry
  • Susan Meiselas
  • Thilde Jensen 
  • Thomas Prior 
  • Tina Barney
  • W. Eugene Smith
  • Weegee
  • William Eggleston 
  • William Henry Fox Talbot

Travel Photographers

  • Aaron Blum
  • Alex Webb
  • An My Le
  • Bryan Schutmaat
  • George Steimetz
  • Justine Kurland 
  • Leo Rubinfien 
  • Mustafah Abdulaziz 
  • Peter Kayafas
  • Sean Ellingson

Fashion Photographers

  • Annie Leibovitz
  • Bruce Weber
  • Cass Bird
  • David LaChapelle
  • Elizabeth Weinberg 
  • Guy Bourdin
  • Helmut Newton
  • Juergen Teller
  • Mario Testino 
  • Nick Knight
  • Paolo Roversi
  • Peter Lindbergh
  • Richard Avedon 
  • Steven Meisel 
  • Terry Richardson
  • Tim Walker

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