History & Artists First Photo Of A Person - 1838 By Lois Daguerre Boulevard du Temple, Paris First "Selfie" Robert Cornelius. 1839 Amateur Chemist & Photography Enthusiast Philly Edward Curtis 1868-1952 Photographer & Ethnologist Focused on documenting the American West & Native American people. Dorothea Lange 1895-1965 Documentary photographer & photojournalist. Began as portraitist in a studio During the Great depression, worked for the Farm Securities Administration to document the plight of the poor & forgotten During WWII, documented the plight of Japanese citizens who were forced into internment camps. The photos were not seen during the war. Migrant mother, 1936 White angel Bread Line, San Fran 1933 Pledge Gordon Parks Significant Photographer of the civil rights movement
