This is a list of
photojournalist
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (suc ...
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List of photojournalists by country
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Australia
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United States
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Canada
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Arko Datta (1969–)
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Mayank Austen Soofi
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Eddie Adams (1933–2004)
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Lynsey Addario
Lynsey Addario (born 1973) is an American photojournalist. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies.
In 2022, she received a Courage in Journalism Award from the Internati ...
(1973–)
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Timothy Allen (1971–)
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Ali Hassan al-Jaber (1955–2011)
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Stephen Alvarez (1965–)
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Mohamed Amin (1943–1996)
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Loay Ayyoub (b. 1993 or 1994)
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Pablo Bartholomew
Pablo Bartholomew (born 1955) is an Indian photojournalist and an independent photographer based in New Delhi, India. He is noted for his photography, as an educator running photography workshops, and as manager of MediaWeb, a software compan ...
(1955–)
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Felice Beato
Felice Beato (c. 1832 – 29 January 1909), also known as Felix Beato, was an Italian Briton, Italian–British photographer. He was one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and one of the first war photography, war photographer ...
(1825–1903)
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Fatemeh Behboudi (1985–)
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Joshua Benoliel (1873–1932)
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Daniel Berehulak (1975–)
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Marcus Bleasdale (1968–)
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Walter Bosshard (photojournalist) (1892–1975)
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Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White (; June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American documentary photography, documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her career, ...
(1904–1971)
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Jane Bown (1925–2014)
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Mathew Brady
Mathew B. Brady ( – January 15, 1896) was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the American Civil War, Civil War. He studied under invento ...
(1823–1896)
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Esther Bubley (1921–1998)
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Dan Budnik (1933–2020)
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Romano Cagnoni (1935–2018)
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Robert Capa
Robert Capa (; born Endre Ernő Friedmann, ; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.Kershaw, Al ...
(1913–1954)
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Gilles Caron (1939–1970)
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Marion Carpenter (1920–2002)
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Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994) was a South African photojournalism, photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, Pulitzer Prize for the vulture a ...
(1960–1994)
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and Humanist photography, humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 135 film, 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street ...
(1908–2004)
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Dickey Chapelle
Georgette Louise Meyer (March 14, 1919 – November 4, 1965) known as Dickey Chapelle was an American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through to her death in the Vietnam War.
Early life
Chapelle wa ...
(1919–1965)
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Don Hogan Charles (1938–2017)
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Dieu-Nalio Chery (1981–)
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Filip Claus (1957–)
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Martha Cooper
Martha Cooper is an American photojournalist. She worked as a staff photographer for the ''New York Post'' during the 1970s. She is best known for documenting the New York City graffiti scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1984, Cooper and Henry Cha ...
(1943–)
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Joseph Costa (1904–1988)
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Marie-Laure de Decker (1947-2023)
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Manoocher Deghati (1954–)
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Françoise Demulder
Françoise Demulder (9 June 1947 – 3 September 2008) was a French war photographer who in 1977 became the first woman to win the World Press Photo of the Year award. The winning image was a black and white photo of a Palestinian people, Pal ...
(1947–2008)
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Yan Dobronosov
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Lucas Dolega (1978–2011)
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Sergio Dorantes (1946–)
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David Douglas Duncan (1916–2018)
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Thomas Dworzak (1972–)
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Clifton C. Edom (1907–1991)
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Jacob Elbaz (1945–)
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Dan Eldon (1970–1993)
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Samar Abu Elouf (b. 1983 or 1984)
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Walker Evans
Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great ...
(1903–1975)
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Timothy Fadek (1969–)
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Najlah Feanny (1961–)
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Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton (28 March 1819 – 8 August 1869) was a British photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers.
Fenton was born into a Lancashire merchant family. After graduating from London with an arts degree, he became interested i ...
(1819–1869)
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Jim Fenwick (1934–2021)
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Jockel Finck (1962–2006)
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Rowe Findley (1925–2003)
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Kevin Frayer (1973–)
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Shiho Fukada
is a Japanese photojournalist based between New York and Japan. Her clientele consists of ''The New York Times'', ''MSNBC'', ''Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is th ...
(1953–)
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Cédric Gerbehaye (1977–)
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Chas Gerretsen (1943-)
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Jan Grarup (1968–)
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Lauren Greenfield
Lauren Greenfield (born Jun 28, 1966) is an American artist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker. She has published photographic monographs, directed documentary features and series, produced traveling exhibitions, and published i ...
(1966–)
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Annie Griffiths (1953–)
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Ken Griffiths (1945–2014)
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Lu Guang (1961–)
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Carol Guzy (1956–)
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Anton Hammerl (1969–2011)
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Fatima Hassouna (1999–2025)
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Tim Hetherington (1970–2011)
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Stuart Heydinger (1927–2019)
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Chris Hondros (1970–2011)
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Bunyo Ishikawa (1938–)
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Ferzat Jarban (?–2011)
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Chris Johns (1951–)
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Ed Kashi (1957–)
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André Kertész
André Kertész (; 2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born Andor Kertész (), was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition (visual arts), composition and the photo essay. In the earl ...
(1894–1985)
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William Klein (photographer)
William Klein (April 19, 1926 – September 10, 2022) was a French photographer and filmmaker noted for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photo ...
(1928–)
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Russell Klika (1960–)
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Gary Knight (1964–)
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Shisei Kuwabara (1936–)
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Vincent Laforet (1975–)
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Camille Lepage (1988–2014)
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Catherine Leroy
Catherine Leroy (August 27, 1944 - July 8, 2006) was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of ''Life'' magazine and other publications.
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(1944–2006)
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Alex Levac (1944–)
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Rick Loomis
Rick Loomis (August 24, 1946 – August 23, 2019) was an American game designer, most notable as the founder of game publisher Flying Buffalo, which he managed until his death.
Career Early years
Richard F. Loomis was born and raised in Scott ...
(1969–)
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Stefan Lorant
Stefan Lorant (; February 22, 1901, in Budapest, Austria-Hungary – November 14, 1997, in Rochester, Minnesota) was a pioneering Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, and author.
Early work
He was born on February 22, 1901, in Budapest ...
(1901–1997)
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Paul Lowe
Paul Edward Lowe (born September 27, 1936) is an American former professional football player who was a halfback in the American Football League (AFL), primarily with the Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers. A four-time All-AFL selection and two ...
(1963–2024)
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Kurt Lubinski (1899–1955)
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Danny Lyon
Danny Lyon (born March 16, 1942) is an American photographer and filmmaker.
All of Lyon's publications work in the style of photographic New Journalism, meaning that the photographer has become immersed in, and is a participant of, the document ...
(1942–)
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Greg Marinovich (1962–)
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Spider Martin (1939–2003)
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Enrico Martino (1960–)
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Don McCullin
Sir Donald McCullin (born 9 October 1935) is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the Social documentary photograph ...
(1935–)
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Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry (born April 23, 1950) is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. His photo ''Afghan Girl'', of a girl with piercing green eyes, has appeared on the cover of ''National Geographic'' several times. McCurry has photo ...
(1950–)
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Joseph McKeown (1925–2007)
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Susan Meiselas
Susan Meiselas (born June 21, 1948) is an American documentary photographer. She has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1976 and been a full member since 1980. Currently she is the President of the Magnum Foundation. She is best known for ...
(1948–)
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Hansel Mieth (1909–1998)
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Lee Miller
Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art pho ...
(1907–1977)
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Zoriah Miller (1976–)
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Ozier Muhammad (1950–)
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James Nachtwey (1948–)
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Kenji Nagai (1957–2007)
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Ahmad Nateghi (born 1958)
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Antonio Olmos
Antonio Zazueta Olmos (born 1963) is a Mexican Photojournalism, photojournalist, editorial and portrait photographer, based in London.
Olmos' first book is ''The Landscape of Murder'' (2013), photographs of the sites of murders within London's ...
(1963–)
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Ken Oosterbroek (1962–1994)
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Burhan Ozbilici
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Tim Page (1944–2022)
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Gordon Parks
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly ...
(1912–2006)
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Martin Parr
Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in p ...
(1952–)
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Lucian Perkins (1953–)
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Tom Stoddart (1953 – 17 November 2021)
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Conrad Poirier (1912–1968)
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Fabio Polenghi (1962–2010)
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Dith Pran (1942–2008)
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Altaf Qadri (1976–)
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Gérard Rancinan (1953–)
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Ryan Spencer Reed (1979–)
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Fredrik Renander (1980–)
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Dezső Révai (1903–1996)
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Reza (1952–)
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Eugene Richards (1944–)
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Robert Riger (1924–1995)
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Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (1968–)
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James Robertson (1813–1888)
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Grace Robertson (1930–2021)
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Ruth Robertson (1905–1998)
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Patrick Rohr (1968–)
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Arthur Rothstein
Arthur Rothstein (July 17, 1915 – November 11, 1985) was an American photographer. His career spanned five decades, and he received recognition as one of America's premier photojournalists.
Life and career
The son of Jewish immigrants, Rothste ...
(1915–1985)
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David Rubinger
David Rubinger (; 29 June 1924 – 2 March 2017) was an Israeli photographer and photojournalist. His famous Paratroopers at the Western Wall, photo of three Israeli paratroopers after the recapture of the Western Wall has become an iconic imag ...
(1924–2017)
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Didier Ruef (1961–)
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Sumy Sadurni (1989–2022)
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Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (8 February 1944 – 23 May 2025) was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.
He traveled in more than 120 countries for his photographic projects, which appeared in numerous press p ...
(1944–)
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Erich Salomon
Erich Salomon (28 April 1886 – 7 July 1944) was a History of the Jews in Germany, German Jewish news photographer known for his pictures in the diplomatic and legal professions and the innovative methods he used to acquire them.
Life and work ...
(1886–1944)
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Luis Carlos Santiago (1989–2010)
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Mike Schennum
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Lawrence Schiller (1936–)
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Ignác Šechtl (1840–1911)
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Josef Jindřich Šechtl (1877–1954)
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Danish Siddiqui (1983–2021)
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Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson (1958–)
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João Silva (1966–)
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Gary Mark Smith (1956–)
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W. Eugene Smith (1918–1978)
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Sally Soames (1937–2019)
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Pete Souza (1954–)
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Chris Steele-Perkins (1947–)
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Lisl Steiner (1927–)
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Dana Stone (1939–1970)
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Gerda Taro
Gerta Pohorylle (1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937), known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German War photography, war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first female Photojournalism, photojournalist to hav ...
(1910–1937)
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Sebastiano Tomada (1986–)
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Stanley Tretick (1921–1999)
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David C. Turnley (1955–)
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Peter Turnley (1955–)
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Julia Tutwiler (1841–1916)
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Nick Ut (1951–)
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Franck Vogel (1977–)
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Homai Vyarawalla (1913–2012)
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Jeff Widener (1956–)
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Kamran Yusuf (Kamran Yousuf) (1994–)
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Hocine Zaourar
Hocine Zaourar (born 18 December 1952), also known by the mononym Hocine, is an Algerian photojournalist. His photograph of a woman grieving after the Bentalha massacre in Algeria, dubbed the "Madonna of Bentalha", won both the World Press Photo ...
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Rija Randrianasolo (1973–)
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Patrick Zachmann (1955–)
See also
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List of photographers
This is a list of notable photographers.
Africa
Algeria
* Zohra Bensemra (born 1968)
* Sabrina Draoui (born 1977)
* Hocine Zaourar (born 1952)
Benin
* Joseph Agbodjelou (1912–1999)
* Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou (born 1965)
* Mayeul ...
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List of street photographers
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List of photographs considered the most important
This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as t ...
References
External links
Library of Congress List of Women Photojournalists
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Photojournalists
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...
Photojournalists
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...