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

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Gordon Parks
Significant Photographer of the civil rights movement



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

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