The American photographer and artist, William Henry Jackson, is celebrated as one of the most respected landscape photographers of the American West, whose photographs helped popularize the region.
The great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, Jackson was born in Keeseville, New York, on April 4, 1843.
Exploring the uncanny elements inherent to everyday life by capturing the fleeting moments of spontaneity and intimacy on the streets of New York, the American photographer, Helen Levitt, is celebrated as one of the most important street photographers of the 20th century.
The most celebrated and least known photographer of her time, Levitt was born on August 31, 1913, in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood in a Russian-Jewish immigrant family.
Glorifying the Ziegfeld Follies showgirls as well as actors and actresses from the world of stage and film with a large studio camera and glass plate negatives, the New York City-based photographer, Alfred Cheney Johnston, is celebrated as one of the creators of 20th-century glamor photography.
Capturing the essence and beauty of everyday objects and seeking to make the commonplace unusual, the American photographer, Edward Weston is remembered for revolutionizing photography and bringing it into the modern age with his radical approach to composition, lighting, focus, and form.