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Themes in Art

Photography

— Light painters

Portrait of Alice Austen

Alice Austen

1866-1952
Portrait of Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun

“Under this mask, another mask”

1894-1954
Portrait of Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange

Iconic photographer bar None

1895-1965
Portrait of Félix Nadar

Félix Nadar

Photographer, novelist... balloonist?

1820-1910
Portrait of Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

Modern Day Polymath

1912-2006
Portrait of Hippolyte Bayard

Hippolyte Bayard

The second person to invent photography

1801-1887
Portrait of Laura Gilpin

Laura Gilpin

1891-1979
Portrait of Man Ray

Man Ray

Humor, sex, and a new camera

1890-1976
Portrait of Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White

1904-1971
Portrait of Nicéphore Niépce

Nicéphore Niépce

The inventor of Photography

1765-1833
Portrait of Robert Cornelius

Robert Cornelius

The inventor of the selfie

1809-1893
Portrait of Tina Modotti

Tina Modotti

1896-1942
Portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot

Britain's photographic pioneer

1800-1877

Albumen Silver Print

Calotype

Carbon Print

Cyanotype

Daguerréotype

Direct Positive on Paper

Gelatin Silver Print

Palladiotype

Photogram

Photography

Platinum print

More Themes in Art

Abstract Figures

Hinting at the human form

Cities

Hustle and grind

Gardens

Spend some time in a quiet place

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