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Arko Datta Arko Datta (born 4 February 1969) is an Indian photojournalist. He won the 2005 World Press Photo of the Year. Life and work Datta started his career with ''Indian Express'' in 1991, later working for ''The Telegraph,'' AFP and Reuters. He cove ...

(1969) *

Mayank Austen Soofi Mayank Austen Soofi is a Delhi-based Indian writer, blogger and photojournalist, who writes popular columns for ''Hindustan Times'' and ''Mint'' on culture, food and literary landscapes of Delhi. He is best known for his website and blog, ''Del ...

Danish Siddiqui Danish Siddiqui (19 May 1983 – 16 July 2021) was an Indian photojournalist based in Delhi, who used to lead the national Reuters multimedia team and was Chief Photographer India. He received his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photogra ...

(1983 – 2021) *

Walter Bosshard (photojournalist) Walter Bosshard (1892–1975) was a Swiss photographer and reporter. He was instrumental in shaping the style of illustrated magazines that became popular at the end of the 1920s and is considered a pioneer of modern photojournalism. Life Bos ...

(1892 – 1975) *

William Klein (photographer) William Klein (April 19, 1926 – September 10, 2022) was an American-born 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 an ...

(1928-) * Eddie Adams (1933–2004) *

Lynsey Addario Lynsey Addario (born November 13, 1973) is an American Photojournalism, 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 Journ ...

(1973–) *

Timothy Allen Timothy Allen (born 1971) is an English photographer and filmmaker best known for his work with indigenous people and isolated communities around the world. Early life Timothy Allen was born in Tonbridge, Kent, England, the second son of two ...

(1971–) *

Ali Hassan al-Jaber Ali Hassan al-Jaber (; 12 December 1955Libya Live Blog - March 13

(1955–2011) *

Stephen Alvarez Stephen Alvarez (born 1965) is an American photojournalist. He is founder and president of the Ancient Art Archive, a global initiative to record, preserve, and share high-resolution images of ancient artwork. Throughout his career, he has produced ...

(1965–) *

Mohamed Amin Mohamed Amin (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist. Amin's filming of Michael Buerk's report of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave t ...

(1943–1996) *

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–) *

Gary Mark Smith Gary Mark Smith (born April 27, 1956) is an American street photographer.Near, Mitchell J. (2002-01-03) The MAG: Cover Story – The Art of War, A Lawrence artist captures street photography in world's hot spots. The Art MAG. http://www2.ljworld ...

(1956–) *

Felice Beato Felice Beato (1832 – 29 January 1909), also known as Felix Beato, was an Italian–British photographer. He was one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and one of the first war photographers. He is noted for his genre works, ...

(1825–1903) * Fatemeh Behboudi (1985–) *

Joshua Benoliel Joshua Benoliel (13 January 1873 – 3 February 1932) was a Portuguese photojournalist. He was the official photographer for King Carlos I of Portugal. Biography Joshua Benoliel was born in Lisbon, to Judah Benoliel, a Gibraltar-born Jewish ...

(1873–1932) * Daniel Berehulak (1975–) *

Marcus Bleasdale Marcus Terence Luke Bleasdale (born 1968) is a British photojournalist. His books include ''One Hundred Years of Darkness'' (2003), ''The Rape of a Nation'' (2009) and ''The Unravelling'' (2015). Bleasdale was appointed Companion of the Order of ...

(1968–) *

Margaret Bourke-White Margaret Bourke-White (; June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971), an American list of photographers, photographer and documentary photography, documentary photographer, became arguably best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take p ...

(1904–1971) *

Jane Bown Jane Hope Bown CBE (13 March 1925 – 21 December 2014) was an English photographer who worked for ''The Observer'' newspaper from 1949. Her portraits, primarily photographed in black and white and using available light, received widespread cri ...

(1925–2014) *

Mathew Brady Mathew B. Brady ( – January 15, 1896) was one of the earliest photographers in American history. Best known for his scenes of the American Civil War, Civil War, he studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique ...

(1823–1896) *

Esther Bubley Esther Bubley (February 16, 1921 – March 16, 1998) was an American photographer who specialized in expressive photos of ordinary people in everyday lives. She worked for several agencies of the American government and her work also featured in s ...

(1921–1998) *

Dan Budnik Daniel Budnik (May 20, 1933 – August 14, 2020) was an American photographer noted for his portraits of artists and photographs of the Civil Rights Movement and Native American life. Career Budnik studied painting at the Art Students League ...

(1933–2020) *

Romano Cagnoni Romano Cagnoni (Pietrasanta, Italy, 9 November 1935 – 30 January 2018) was an Italian photographer who spent most of his professional life based in London. Biography Cagnoni used to photograph sculptures in the small town of Pietrasanta, Tu ...

(1935–2018) *

Robert Capa Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to ...

(1913–1954) *

Gilles Caron Gilles Caron (8 July 1939 – 5 April 1970) was a French photographer and photojournalist. Biography Gilles Caron was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France, of a Scottish mother and a French father, Edouard Caron, an insurance com ...

(1939–1970) *

Marion Carpenter Marion A. Carpenter (March 6, 1920 – October 29, 2002), was the first woman national press photographer to cover Washington, D.C. and the White House, and to travel with a US President. She broke the gender role stereotype in 1951, Carp ...

(1920–2002) *

Kevin Carter Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994) was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan. He died by sui ...

(1960–1994) *

Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as cap ...

(1908–2004) *

Dickey Chapelle Georgette Louise Meyer (March 14, 1918 – November 4, 1965) known as Dickey Chapelle was an American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through the Vietnam War. Early life Chapelle was born in Milwa ...

(1919–1965) * Don Hogan Charles (1938–2017) * Filip Claus (1957–) *

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 Ch ...

(1943–) * Joseph Costa (1904–1988) *

Manoocher Deghati Manoocher Deghati ( fa, منوچهر دقتی, born 1954 in Urmia, Iran) is an Iranian-French photojournalist. Documenting the Iranian Revolution In the summer of 1978, Manoocher Deghati, educated as a filmmaker, returned to Iran after three yea ...

(1954–) *

Françoise Demulder Françoise Demulder (9 June 1947 – 3 September 2008) was a French war photographer who in 1976 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 woman raisi ...

(1947–2008) *

Lucas Dolega Lucas Dolega (19 August 1978 – 17 January 2011), born Loucas von Zabiensky-Mebrouk and also called Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, was a French/German photojournalist. He was reportedly killed by Tunisian police while he was photographing a protest in Tun ...

(1978–2011) *

Sergio Dorantes Sergio Dorantes Zurita (born 1946) is a Mexican photojournalist who was jailed in Mexico City for the murder of his wife, Alejandra Dehesa in 2003. However, on April 3, 2012 the judge in the case declared there was no evidence against him, and he w ...

(1946–) *

David Douglas Duncan David Douglas Duncan (January 23, 1916 – June 7, 2018) was an American photojournalist, known for his dramatic combat photographs, as well as for his extensive domestic photography of Pablo Picasso and his wife Jacqueline. Childhood and educat ...

(1916–2018) *

Thomas Dworzak Thomas Dworzak (born 1972) is a German photographer. He has produced a number of books and is a member of Magnum Photos. He was President of Magnum from 2017 until 2020. Dworzak won a World Press Photo award in 2001 and in 2018 received the Hood M ...

(1972–) *

Clifton C. Edom Clifton Cedric Edom (February 12, 1907 – January 30, 1991), often credited with the title "Father of Photojournalism", was prolific in the development of photojournalism education. Biography Edom was born in Baylis, Illinois. After receivin ...

(1907–1991) *

Jacob Elbaz Jacob El-Baz (El Baz) (born 1945) is a photojournalist, art photographer, and gallery owner. Life and work El-Baz spent his early life on Kibbutz Sde Nehemia in the northern Galilee and his photography career began there. His photograph of th ...

(1945–) *

Dan Eldon Daniel Robert Eldon (18 September 1970 – 12 July 1993) was a British-Kenyan photojournalist, artist and activist, killed in Somalia while working as a Reuters photojournalist. His journals were published posthumously in four volumes by Chr ...

(1970–1993) *

Walker Evans Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans' work from ...

(1903–1975) * Timothy Fadek (1969–) * Najlah Feanny (1961–) *

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) *

Jim Fenwick Jim Fenwick (11 October 1934 – 16 November 2021) was an Australian photojournalist. He is best known as the chief photographer for The Courier Mail from 1974 to 1994, and winner of the 1965 Walkley Award for Best News Picture. Photograph ...

(1934–2021) * Jockel Finck (1962–2006) * Rowe Findley (1925–2003) * Kevin Frayer (1973–) *

Shiho Fukada is a Japanese photojournalist based between New York and Japan. Her clientele consists of ''The New York Times'', ''MSNBC'', ''Le Monde'', Stern and the ''New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the ...

(1953–) *

Cédric Gerbehaye Cédric Gerbehaye (born 1977) is a Belgian documentary photographer and a founding member of MAPS Agency. He is the author of the books ''Congo in Limbo'', ''Land of Cush'', ''Sète#13'' and ''D’entre eux''. Career Trained as a journalist, Ger ...

(1977–) *

Jan Grarup Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(1968–) *

Lauren Greenfield Lauren Greenfield (born 1966) is an American artist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker. She has published four photographic monographs, directed four documentary features, produced four traveling exhibitions, and published in ma ...

(1966–) *

Annie Griffiths Annie Griffiths (born 1953) is an American photographer known for her work at '' National Geographic'' and a founder of Ripple Effect Images. Biography and career Griffiths was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hired at National Geographic in 197 ...

(1953–) * Ken Griffiths (1945–2014) * Lu Guang (1961–) *

Carol Guzy Carol Guzy (born March 7, 1956) is an American news photographer. Guzy worked as a staff photographer for the ''Miami Herald'' from 1980 to 1988 and ''The Washington Post'' from 1988 to 2014. As of April 2022, Guzy is a contract photographer for ...

(1956–) * Anton Hammerl (1969–2011) *

Tim Hetherington Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011) was a British photojournalist. He produced books, films and other work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld de ...

(1970–2011) *

Stuart Heydinger Stuart Heydinger (5 May 1927 – 6 October 2019) was a British photojournalist and portrait photographer. He was chief photographer at ''The Observer'' from 1960 to 1966. Life and work Heydinger was born in Kingston upon Thames, south west Londo ...

(1927–2019) *

Chris Hondros Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) was an American war photographer. Hondros was a finalist twice for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Biography Chris Hondros was born in New York City to immigrant Greek and Ger ...

(1970–2011) * Bunyo Ishikawa (1938–) * Ferzat Jarban (?–2011) * Chris Johns (1951–) *

Ed Kashi Ed Kashi (born 1957) is an American photojournalist and member of VII Photo Agency based in the Greater New York area. Kashi's work spans from print photojournalism to experimental film. He is noted for documenting sociopolitical issues. Persona ...

(1957–) *

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 early y ...

(1894–1985) *

Russell Klika Russell Lee Klika (born 1960) is a newspaper and U.S. military combat photographer, photojournalist and trainer who grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, 100 miles north of Milwaukee. Education Klika attended Appleton High School but dropped out in t ...

(1960–) *

Gary Knight Gary Knight (born 1964) is an Anglo-American photographer, editor and author. Co-founder of the VII Photo Agency, co-founder and CEO of the VII Foundation and founder and CEO of the VII Academy. Life and work Knight was born in 1964 in Oakham ...

(1964–) *

Shisei Kuwabara is a photojournalist best known for his depiction of the effects of mercury poisoning on people in and near Minamata over a period of some forty years. Kuwabara was born — as Fumiaki Kuwabara (, ''Kuwabara Fumiaki'') — in the villa ...

(1936–) *

Vincent Laforet Vincent Laforet (born 1975, Switzerland) is a French-American director and photographer. Laforet shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography with four other photographers (Stephen Crowley, Chang Lee, James Hill, Ruth Fremson) as a membe ...

(1975–) *

Camille Lepage Camille Lepage (January 28, 1988 – May 12, 2014) was a French photojournalist who was killed during the conflict in the Central African Republic in 2014. Her death was described as a murder by the French presidency and it marked the first ...

(1988–2014) *

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. Early life ...

(1944–2006) *

Alex Levac Alex Levac (Hebrew: אלכס ליבק, born 1944, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli photojournalist and street photographer. He was awarded the Israel Prize for photography in 2005.Haaretz photographer Alex Levac wins Israel Prize By Smadar Sheffi and Yul ...

(1944–) *

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 Scotts ...

(1969–) *

Stefan Lorant Stefan Lorant ( hu, Lóránt István; 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 ...

(1901–1997) *

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 with, and is a participant of, the doc ...

(1942–) *

Greg Marinovich Greg Marinovich (born Gregory Sebastian Marinovich, 8 December 1962) is a South African photojournalist, filmmaker, photo editor, and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He co-authored the book '' The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War'' (2 ...

(1962–) * Spider Martin (1939–2003) * Enrico Martino (1960–) *

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 underside of society, and hi ...

(1935–) *

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–) *

Joseph McKeown Joseph McKeown (10 February 1925 – 12 February 2007) was an English photojournalist whose work documented the changes in Great Britain following the Second World War as well as embracing celebrity and fashion photography. Early life McKeow ...

(1925–2007) *

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 h ...

(1948–) *

Hansel Mieth Hansel Mieth (1909–1998) was a German-born photojournalist who worked on the staff of LIFE Magazine. She was best known for her social commentary photography which recorded the lives of working class Americans in the 1930s and 1940s. Biograph ...

(1909–1998) *

Lee Miller Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. She was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, where she became a fashion and fine art ...

(1907–1977) *

Zoriah Miller Zoriah Miller (born January 27, 1976), or simply Zoriah, is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has worked for international aid organizations such as the Red Cross Ozier Muhammad Ozier Muhammad is an American photojournalist who has been on the staff of ''The New York Times'' since 1992. He has also worked for ''Ebony Magazine'', ''The Charlotte Observer'', and ''Newsday''. He earned a B.A. in 1972 in photography from Col ...

(1950–) *

James Nachtwey James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has been awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal five times and two World Press Photo awards. In 2003, Nachtwey was injured in a gren ...

(1948–) *

Kenji Nagai was a Japanese photojournalist who took many assignments to conflict zones and dangerous areas around the world. He was shot dead in Myanmar (also known as Burma) during the Saffron Revolution. Nagai continued to take photographs as he lay wou ...

(1957–2007) *

Antonio Olmos Antonio Zazueta Olmos (born 1963) is a Mexican 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 M25 orbital moto ...

(1963–) *

Ken Oosterbroek Ken Oosterbroek (14 February 1962 – 18 April 1994) was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He worked for '' The Star'' in Johannesburg, which was South Africa's biggest daily broadsheet. He won numerous photograph ...

(1963–1994) * Burhan Ozbilici * Tim Page (1944–2022) *

Gordon Parks Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particu ...

(1912–2006) *

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–) *

Lucian Perkins Lucian Perkins is an American photojournalist, who is best known for covering a number of conflicts with profound compassion for his photograph's subjects, including the war in Afghanistan, Kosovo and the 1991 Persian Gulf War. It has been said ...

(1953–) *

Tom Stoddart Thomas Stoddart (28 November 1953 – 17 November 2021) was a British photojournalist. He covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Lebanese Civil War, the siege of Sarajevo and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Life and career Stoddart was born in M ...

(1953 – 17 November 2021) *

Conrad Poirier Conrad Poirier (born in Montreal July 17, 1912 – died January 12, 1968, in Montreal West) was a Québécois photographer, a pioneer of photojournalism in Quebec. Michel Lessard et collectif d'auteurs, Montréal au XXe siècle, regards de phot ...

(1912–1968) *

Fabio Polenghi On 10 April and 13–19 May 2010, the Thai military cracked down on the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protests in central Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The crackdown was the culmination of months of protests that cal ...

(1962–2010) *

Dith Pran Dith Pran ( km, ឌិត ប្រន; 23 September 1942 – 30 March 2008) was a Cambodian photojournalist. He was a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian genocide and the subject of the film ''The Killing Fields'' (1984). Early life ...

(1942–2008) * Altaf Qadri (1976–) *

Gérard Rancinan Gérard Rancinan is a French photographer whose work has appeared in publications such as ''Sports Illustrated'', ''Time'', ''Life'', ''The Sunday Times Magazine'', and ''Paris Match''. Life and work Gérard Rancinan started his career as an ap ...

(1953–) *

Ryan Spencer Reed Ryan Spencer Reed (born 1979) is an American social documentary photographer. He has worked in Central and East Africa in the capacity of a photojournalist, covering the Sudanese Diaspora, since 2002. After returning from covering the War in ...

(1979–) * Fredrik Renander (1980–) * Dezső Révai (1903–1996) *

Reza Reza is a Persian name, originating from the Arabic word , ''Riḍā'', which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In religious context, this name is interpreted as ''satisfaction'' or "''perfect content ...

(1952–) *

Eugene Richards Eugene Richards (born 1944) is an American documentary photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. He has published many books of photography and has been a member of Magnum Photos and of VII Photo Agency. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. ...

(1944–) *

Robert Riger Robert Riger (June 4, 1924 – May 19, 1995) was an American sports illustrator, photographer, award-winning television director, and cinematographer. John Szarkowski, former director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art, said ...

(1924–1995) *

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born December 23, 1968) is a stateside Puerto Rican photographer. He is best known for his social documentary photography of people's living conditions in less developed nations. Rivera-Ortiz lives in Rochester, New York and ...

(1968–) * James Robertson (1813–1888) *

Grace Robertson Grace Robertson (13 July 1930Ms Grace Robertson, OBE
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(1930–2021) *

Ruth Robertson Ruth Agnes McCall Robertson Marietta (May 24, 1905 – February 17, 1998) was an American photojournalist who accomplished many "firsts" for women photographers and is also known mostly for photographing Angel Falls in Venezuela and surveying ...

(1905–1998) *

Arthur Rothstein Arthur Rothstein (July 17, 1915 – November 11, 1985) was an American photographer. Rothstein is recognized as one of America's premier photojournalists. During a career that spanned five decades, he provoked, entertained and informed the Americ ...

(1915–1985) *

David Rubinger David Rubinger ( he, דוד רובינגר; 29 June 1924 – 2 March 2017) was an Israeli photographer and photojournalist. His famous photo of three Israeli paratroopers after the recapture of the Western Wall has become an iconic image of th ...

(1924–2017) *

Didier Ruef Didier Ruef (born 1961) is a Swiss documentary photographer best known for his portrayal of man and waste, recycle and sustainability, Africa, man and animals, Swiss alpine farmers and contemporary Switzerland. Life and career Didier Ruef was bo ...

(1961–) *

Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944) is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous press pu ...

(1944–) *

Erich Salomon Erich Salomon (28 April 1886 – 7 July 1944) was a 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 Born in Berlin, Salomon studied ...

(1886–1944) * Luis Carlos Santiago (1989–2010) * Mike Schennum *

Lawrence Schiller Lawrence Julian Schiller (born December 28, 1936) is an American photojournalist, film producer, director and screenwriter. Career Schiller was born in 1936 in Brooklyn to Jewish parents and grew up outside of San Diego, California. After atten ...

(1936–) *

Ignác Šechtl Ignác Šechtl (26 May 1840 – 6 July 1911), also known as Ignace Schächtl or Hynek Šechtl, was a pioneer of Czech photography (especially photojournalism) and cinematography. He moved from Prague, to Kladno, Plzeň, Bucharest, Prachatice and Ne ...

(1840–1911) *

Josef Jindřich Šechtl Josef Jindřich Šechtl (May 9, 1877 – February 24, 1954) was a Czech photographer who specialized in photojournalism and portrait photography. On the death of his father, photographer Ignác Šechtl, Josef inherited the photographic studios ...

(1877–1954) * Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson (1958–) * João Silva (1966–) *

W. Eugene Smith William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist.Peacock, Scot. "W(illiam) Eugene Smith." ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2003. ''Biography In Context'' He has been described as "perhaps the si ...

(1918–1978) *

Sally Soames Sally Soames (née Winkleman; 21 January 1937 – 5 October 2019) was a British newspaper photographer. She worked for ''The Observer'' for a period from 1963, and after a spell as a freelance, for ''The Sunday Times'' (1968–2000). Biograp ...

(1937–2019) *

Pete Souza Peter Joseph Souza (born December 31, 1954) is an American photojournalist, the former Chief Official White House Photographer for Presidents of the United States Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama and the former director of the White House Photogra ...

(1954–) *

Chris Steele-Perkins Christopher Horace Steele-Perkins (born 28 July 1947) is a British photographer and member of Magnum Photos, best known for his depictions of Africa, Afghanistan, England, Northern Ireland, and Japan. Life and career Steele-Perkins was born in ...

(1947–) * Lisl Steiner (1927–) *

Dana Stone Dana Hazen Stone (April 18, 1939; disappeared April 6, 1970) was an American photojournalist who worked for CBS, United Press International, and Associated Press during the Vietnam War. Biography Stone first traveled to Vietnam in 1965. Befo ...

(1939–1970) *

Gerda Taro Gerta Pohorylle (1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937), known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German Jewish war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first woman photojournalist to have died while covering the ...

(1910–1937) * Sebastiano Tomada (1986–) *

Stanley Tretick Aaron Stanley Tretick (July 21, 1921 – July 23, 1999) was an American photojournalist who worked for UPI, '' Look'', and ''People'' magazines. He covered every president from Harry S. Truman through George H. W. Bush. Tretick also did stills fo ...

(1921–1999) *

David C. Turnley David Carl Turnley (born June 22, 1955) is an American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, two World Press Photos of the Year, and the Robert Capa Award for Courage. His twin brother Peter Turnley is also a photographer. Life and career ...

(1955–) *

Peter Turnley Peter N. Turnley (born June 22, 1955)
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(1955–) *

Julia Tutwiler Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (August 15, 1841 – March 24, 1916) was an advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama. She served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and then the first (and only) woman president of Livingston N ...

(1841–1916) *

Nick Ut Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut (born March 29, 1951), is a Vietnamese-American photographer who worked for the Associated Press (AP) in Los Angeles. He won both the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and the 1973 W ...

(1951–) *

Franck Vogel Franck Vogel (born 1977 in Strasbourg, France) is a French photographer specializing in social & environmental issues, journalist, speaker and documentary film director. He lives and works in Paris.

(1977–) *

Homai Vyarawalla Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist. She began her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the city ...

(1913–2012) *

Jeff Widener Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956) is an American photographer, best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which made him a nominated f ...

(1956–) * Kamran Yusuf (Kamran Yousuf) (1994–) *

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 of ...

(1952–) * Rija Randrianasolo (1973–) * Isadora Romero

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Library of Congress List of Women Photojournalists

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 ...

List of photojournalists by country

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