| Name | Dates | Nationality | Genre of Photography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbas Attar | 1944 | Iranian | Photojournalism |
| Albert Watson | 1942 | Scottish | Art, Celebrity, Fashion |
| Alec Soth | 1969 | American | Art, Landscape, Portrait |
| Alexander Rodchenko | November 23, 1891 – December 3, 1956 | Russian | Art, Portrait |
| Alfred Eisenstaedt | December 6, 1898 – August 23, 1995 | German-born American | Photojournalism |
| Alfred Stieglitz | January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946 | American | Art, Portrait |
| Allan Arbus | February 15, 1918 – April 19, 2013 | American | Commerical |
| André Kertész | July 2, 1894 – September 28, 1985 | Hungarian-born American | Documentary, Landscape, Portrait |
| Andreas Gursky | January 15, 1955 | German | Art |
| Andres Serrano | August 15, 1950 | American | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Andrew Stark | January 23, 1964 | Australian | Art, Documentary |
| Andy Goldsworthy | July 26, 1956 | British | Abstract, Art, Landscape |
| Andy Warhol | August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 | American | Art, Fashion, Portrait |
| Anne Geddes | September 13, 1956 | Australian | Portrait |
| Annie Leibovitz | October 2, 1949 | American | Portrait |
| Ansel Adams | February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984 | American | Landscape |
| Anton Corbijn | May 20, 1955 | Dutch | Commerical |
| Ara Güler | August 16, 1928 | Turkish Armenian | Photojournalism |
| Arnold Newman | March 3, 1918 - June 6, 2006 | American | Abstract, News, Portrait |
| Art Wolfe | May 4, 1905 | American | Nature |
| August Sander | November 17, 1876 – April 20, 1964 | German | Documentary, Portrait |
| Barbara Kruger | January 26, 1945 | American | Abstract, Art, Documentary |
| Berenice Abbott | July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991 | American | Documentary, Pictorial, Portrait |
| Berry Berenson | April 14, 1948 – September 11, 2001 | American | Fashion |
| Bettina Rheims | December 18, 1952 | French | Art, Portrait |
| Bill Brandt | May 2, 1904 – December 20, 1983 | British | Art, Landscape, Portrait |
| Bill Henson | October 7, 1955 | Australian | Art |
| Bruce Davidson | September 5, 1933 | American | Landscape, Portrait |
| Bruce Weber | March 29, 1946 | American | Fashion |
| Bryan Adams | November 5, 1959 | Canadian | Portrait |
| Cecil Beaton | January 14, 1904 – January 18, 1980 | British | Fashion, Portrait, War |
| Chema Madoz | 1958 | Spanish | Art |
| Cindy Sherman | January 19, 1954 | American | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Claude Cahun | October 25, 1894 – December 8, 1954 | French | Art |
| Daidō Moriyama | October 10, 1938 | Japanese | Documentary, Street |
| Dave Mckean | December 29, 1963 | British | Art |
| David Bailey | January 2, 1938 | British | Fashion, Portrait |
| David Hamilton | April 15, 1933 | British | Abstract, Art |
| David Hockney | July 9, 1937 | British | Abstract, Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| David LaChapelle | 1958 | American | Art, Fashion |
| David Stewart | 1958 | British | Art, Commercial |
| Diane Arbus | March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971 | American | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Don McCullin | October 9, 1935 | British | Photojournalism |
| Dorothea Lange | May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965 | American | Documentary, Photojournalism |
| Duane Michals | February 18, 1932 | American | Art |
| Eadweard Muybridge | April 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904 | British | Art, Documentary, Landscape |
| Eddie Adams | June 12, 1933 – September 18, 2004 | American | Photojournalism, War |
| Edward Burtynsky | February 22, 1955 | Canadian | Landscape |
| Edward Steichen | March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973 | Luxembourgian American | Art, Landscape, Portrait |
| Edward Weston | March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958 | American | Art, Landscape, Pictorial, Portrait |
| El Lissitzky | November 23, 1890 – December 30, 1941 | Russian | Art |
| Ellen Von Unwerth | 1954 | German | Commerical, Fashion |
| Elliott Erwitt | July 26, 1928 | American | Commerical, Documentary |
| Ernst Haas | March 2, 1921 – September 12, 1986 | American/Austrian | Photojournalism, Portrait |
| Erwin Blumenfeld | January 26, 1897 - January 4, 1969 | American | Art, Celebrity, Fashion |
| Erwin Olaf | June 2, 1959 | Dutch | Art, Commercial |
| Eudora Welty | April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001 | American | Documentary |
| Eugène Atget | February 12, 1857 – August 4, 1927 | French | Architechtural |
| Eve Arnold | April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012 | American | Photojournalism |
| Floria Sigismondi | 1965 | Canadian-Italian | Art |
| Francesca Woodman | April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981 | American | Art |
| Frank Meadow Sutcliffe | October 6, 1853 – May 31, 1941 | British | Documentary |
| Frans Lanting | July 13, 1951 | Dutch | Wildlife |
| Garry Winogrand | January 14, 1928 – March 19, 1984 | American | Street |
| Gerda Taro | August 1, 1910 – July 26, 1937 | German | Photojournalism, War |
| Gordon Matta-Clark | June 22, 1943 – August 27, 1978 | American | Art |
| Gordon Parks | November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006 | American | Documentary |
| Gottfried Helnwein | October 8, 1948 | Austrian-Irish | Art |
| Graham Nash | February 2, 1942 | British | Art |
| Graham Ovenden | February 11, 1943 | British | Art |
| Gregory Crewdson | September 26, 1962 | American | Abstract, Art, Documentary, Landscape |
| Guy Bourdin | December 2, 1928 – March 29, 1991 | French | Fashion |
| Hans Bellmer | March 13, 1902 – February 23, 1975 | German | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Harold Lloyd | April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971 | American | Portrait |
| Harry Callahan | October 22, 1912 – March 15, 1999 | American | Art, Documentary, Landscape, Portrait |
| Hedi Slimane | July 5, 1968 | French | Celebrity, Fashion |
| Helmut Newton | October 31, 1920 – January 23, 2004 | German-Australian | Fashion |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson | August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004 | French | Art, Candid, Documentary, Portrait, Street |
| Herb Ritts | August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002 | American | Fashion |
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | February 23, 1948 | Japanese | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Imogen Cunningham | April 12, 1883 – June 23, 1976 | American | Art, Industrial, Nature |
| Irving Penn | June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009 | American | Art, Fashion, Portrait |
| Jacob Riis | May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914 | Danish American | Documentary, Street |
| Jacques Henri Lartigue | June 13, 1894 – September 12, 1986 | French | Documentary |
| James Nachtwey | March 14, 1948 | American | Photojournalism, War |
| Jan Saudek | May 13, 1935 | Czech | Art, Portrait |
| Jean Baudrillard | July 27, 1929 – March 6, 2007 | French | Art, Documentary |
| Jeff Wall | September 29, 1946 | Canadian | Nature, Industrial, Landscape, Urban |
| Jerry N. Uelsmann | June 11, 1934 | American | Art, Landscape, Portrait |
| Jill Greenberg | July 10, 1967 | American | Celebrity, Portrait, Underwater |
| Joe McNally | July 27, 1952 | American | Photojournalism, Portrait |
| Joel Meyerowitz | March 6, 1938 | American | Landscape, Portrait, Street |
| Joel-Peter Witkin | September 13, 1939 | American | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| John Baldessari | June 17, 1931 | American | Abstract, Art |
| John Heartfield | June 19, 1891 – April 26, 1968 | German | Art |
| John Thomson | June 14, 1837 – September 29, 1921 | Scottish | Documentary, Portrait |
| Josef Koudelka | January 10, 1938 | Czech | Street |
| Juergen Teller | January 28, 1964 | German | Art, Fashion |
| Julia Margaret Cameron | June 11, 1815 – January 26, 1879 | British | Celebrity, Portrait |
| Karl Blossfeldt | June 13, 1865 – December 9, 1932 | German | Art, Nature, Scientific |
| Karl Lagerfeld | September 10, 1933 | German | Fashion |
| Kevin Carter | September 13, 1960 – July 27, 1994 | South African | Photojournalism |
| Larry Clark | January 19, 1943 | American | Art, Documentary, Fashion, Portrait |
| Lee Friedlander | July 14, 1934 | American | Abstract, Art, Landscape, Portrait |
| Lee Miller | April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977 | American | Photojournalism |
| Leni Riefenstahl | August 22, 1902 – September 8, 2003 | German | Documentary, Landscape, Portrait |
| Lennart Nilsson | August 24, 1922 | Swedish | Photojournalism, Scientific |
| Lewis Carroll | January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898 | British | Art, Portrait |
| Lewis Hine | September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940 | American | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Linda McCartney | September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998 | American | Art, Documentary, Fashion |
| Luigi Ghirri | January 5, 1943 - February 14, 1992 | Italian | Art |
| Man Ray | August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976 | American | Art, Portrait |
| Margaret Bourke-White | June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971 | American | Documentary |
| Mario Testino | October 30, 1954 | Peruvian | Fashion |
| Martin Parr | May 23, 1952 | British | Documentary |
| Mary Ellen Mark | March 20, 1940 – May 25, 2015 | American | Commercial, Documentary, Photojournalism, Portrait |
| Mary McCartney | August 28, 1969 | British | Portrait |
| Mathew Brady | May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896 | American | Photojournalism, War |
| Melissa Auf Der Maur | March 17, 1972 | Canadian | Portrait |
| Michael Kenna | 1953 | British | Art, Landscape |
| Michael O’Brien | June 27, 1950 | American | Documentary, Portrait |
| Michael Wolf | 1954 | German | Art, Photojournalism |
| Nadar | April 6, 1820 – March 23, 1910 | French | Aerial, Portraits |
| Nadav Kander | December 1, 1961 | British | Landscape, Portrait |
| Nan Goldin | September 12, 1953 | American | Art, Portrait |
| Nick Knight | 1958 | British | Fashion, Documentary |
| Nigel Barker | April 27, 1972 | British | Fashion |
| Nobuyoshi Araki | May 25, 1940 | Japanese | Art |
| Norman Parkinson | April 21, 1913 – February 15, 1990 | British | Fashion, Portrait |
| Oliviero Toscani | 1942 | Italian | Commercial |
| Patrick Demarchelier | August 21, 1943 | French | Fashion |
| Paul Strand | October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976 | American | Art |
| Penny Lancaster | March 15, 1971 | British | Fashion |
| Peter Lik | 1959 | Australian | Nature, Landscape |
| Peter Lindbergh | November 23, 1944 | German | Fashion |
| Philip-Lorca diCorcia | 1951 | American | Art, Documentary |
| Philippe Halsman | May 2, 1906 – June 25, 1979 | American | Portrait |
| Rankin | 1966 | British | Fashion, Portrait |
| Richard Avedon | May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004 | American | Fashion, Portrait |
| Richard Prince | 1949 | American | Rephotography |
| Rineke Dijkstra | June 2, 1959 | Dutch | Commercial, Portrait |
| Robert Adams | May 8, 1937 | American | Art, Landscape |
| Robert Capa | October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954 | Hungarian | Photojournalism, War |
| Robert Doisneau | April 14, 1912 – April 1, 1994 | French | Photojournalism |
| Robert Frank | November 9, 1924 | American | Documentary, Landscape, Portrait |
| Robert Mapplethorpe | November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989 | American | Art, Fashion Portrait |
| Russell James | 1962 | Australian | Fashion |
| Sally Mann | May 1, 1951 | American | Art, Documentary, Pictorial, Portrait |
| Sam Taylor-Wood | March 4, 1967 | British | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Sandy Skoglund | September 11, 1946 | American | Art, Documentary |
| Sebastião Salgado | February 8, 1944 | Brazilian | Documentary, Photojournalism |
| Serge Lutens | March 14, 1942 | French | Art, Fashion |
| Sophie Calle | October 9, 1953 | French | Art |
| Spencer Tunick | January 1, 1967 | American | Art |
| Stephen Dalton | 1937 | British | Wildlife |
| Stephen Shore | October 8, 1947 | American | Art, Commercial |
| Steve McCurry | February 24, 1950 | American | Photojournalism, Portrait |
| Steve Parish | July 15, 1945 | Australian | Nature, Travel |
| Steven Meisel | June 5, 1954 | American | Fashion |
| Takashi Amano | July 18, 1954 | Japanese | Landscape, Nature, Underwater |
| Terry Richardson | August 14, 1965 | American | Fashion, Portrait |
| Thomas Ruff | February 10, 1958 | German | Art, Portrait |
| Thomas Struth | 1954 | German | Portrait, Street |
| Tim Hetherington | December 5, 1970 – April 20, 2011 | British | Photojournalism, War |
| Tina Modotti | August 16, 1896 - January 6, 1942 | Italian | Art, Documentary, Portrait |
| Trey Ratcliff | July 7, 1971 | American | Art, Travel |
| Vik Muniz | December 20, 1961 | Brazilian | Abstract, Art |
| Vincent Laforet | 1975 | French-American | Documentary |
| Vivian Maier | February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009 | American | Photojournalism |
| W. Eugene Smith | December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978 | American | Photojournalism |
| Walker Evans | November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975 | American | Documentary, Portrait |
| Weegee | June 12, 1899 – December 26, 1968 | Austrian-born American | Photojournalism, Street |
| William Eggleston | July 27, 1939 | American | Art, Documentary, Landscape |
| William Klein | April 19, 1928 | American-born French | Fashion, Photojournalism |
| William Wegman | December 2, 1943 | American | Art |
| Willy Ronis | August 14, 1910 – September 12, 2009 | French | Documentary |
| Wolfgang Tillmans | 1968 | German | Abstract, Art, Landscape |
| Yann Arthus-Bertrand | March 13, 1946 | French | Aerial |
| Yousuf Karsh | December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002 | American-Canadian | Portrait |