Photographers
7 people, across 3 fields.
Ansel Adams 1902–1984Visual Arts & DesignLandscape photographer whose Western images and zone system shaped American photographic practice.
Dorothea Lange 1895–1965Visual Arts & DesignDocumentary photographer whose Depression-era images defined the visual record of the 1930s.
Jacob Riis 1849–1914Journalism & Mass MediaPhotographer and reporter whose documentation of New York tenements drove housing reform campaigns.
Annie Leibovitz b. 1949Visual Arts & DesignPortrait photographer whose Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair work defined American celebrity imagery.
Gordon Parks 1912–2006Visual Arts & DesignPhotographer for Life magazine and first Black director of a major Hollywood studio film.
Alfred Stieglitz 1864–1946Visual Arts & DesignPhotographer and gallerist who established photography as fine art and promoted American modernists.
William Anders 1933–2024Exploration, Aviation & SpaceApollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic Earthrise photograph, changing humanity's view of our planet.