Great photographers

Photographs are legacies passed onto future generations. FInd out who the 21 most iconic and famous photographers are that paved the way for others. #famous #photographers #photography #history

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) a very well know master of photography and arguably the most influential landscape photographer in American history. He was a lifelong conservationist who encouraged understanding of, and respect for, the natural environment. Born in a suburb of coastal San Francisco in 1902, Adams was the only

A comprehensive new exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris shows off the street photographer's little-known surrealist shots – and reveals his radical politics, writes Sean O'Hagan

Piergiorgio Branzi is an Italian photographer raised in Florence. He started photography in the fifties and combines a flair for poetry with love of detail.

Street photography captures the beauty of the everyday. There's a special improvisatory skill that street photographers need. It's a way of seeing the world.

To move more confidently into the future, you must delve into the past. These 12 famous portrait photographers is a great place to start.

If you love street photography than you will want to study these famous street photographers who influenced the genre as we know it today.

richard avedon photographs sophia loren, new york, 1966.

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