1. Missy Margera (1980)

American Photographer

Model who married famous stuntman and skateboarder Bam Margera. Also a television personality, she starred on Bam's Unholy Union, an MTV reality series that chronicled the preparations for her wedding.

2. Edward Weston (1886)

American Photographer

One of the earliest and most influential photographers of the 20th century who helped make photography into an art form.

3. Ralph Steiner (1899)

American Photographer

Avant-garde photographer and influential filmmaker from the 1930s.

4. Ansel Adams (1902)

American Photographer

American photographer and environmentalist well known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West. He helped create the Zone System of photography, a technique that figured out optimal film exposure...

5. Walker Evans (1903)

American Photographer

Photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression and created iconic images of the era. He was included in the St. Louis Walk of Fame in...

6. Minor White (1908)

American Photographer

Expressionist photographer who used the camera to reveal internal feelings.

7. Mario Sorrenti (1971)

American Photographer

Fashion photographer best known for his ability to capture nude models in publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper's Bazaar. He has shot campaigns for high end designers such...

8. Diane Arbus (1923)

American Photographer

A renowned photographer whose work has been displayed across the world.

9. Garry Winogrand (1928)

American Photographer

Photographer who became famous for his images of life in early 1960s America. He released several photography books and his work has been featured several times at the MoMA, New...

10. Stephen Shore (1947)

American Photographer

American photographer who is credited for pioneering the use of color in art photography. He was recognized with an Honorary Fellowship from The Royal Photographic Society in 2010.

11. Jay Maisel (1931)

American Photographer

American photographer who has won multiple awards for his work including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Media Photographers and the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame.

12. Joel Meyerowitz (1938)

American Photographer

Prolific landscape photographer who became famous for his ubiquity on the New York scene.

13. Arthur Elgort (1940)

American Photographer

Best known for his 1970s work for the British edition of Vogue magazine, this fashion photographer created a unique, "snapshot"-like style that was emulated for decades by others in his...

14. Austin Young (1966)

American Photographer

Photographer and filmmaker who documented the sub and trans cultures of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.

15. Linda McCartney (1941)

American Photographer

Vocalist, musician, animal rights activist, and photographer who was in Wings with her husband Paul and battled against cancer.

16. Bernard Lewinsky (1943)

American Photographer

Monica Lewinsky's father who organized funding for his daughter's legal defense.

17. Francesca Woodman (1958)

American Photographer

American photographer who was known for taking photos of herself and other female models in black and white. Many of the photos are of young nude women merging with their...

18. Gary Mark Smith (1956)

American Photographer

American photographer best known for his creative and experimental street photos of the aftermath of tragedies such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. He has also featured gang occupied favelas in...

19. Ellen Brooks (1946)

American Photographer

American photographer who is associated with the Los Angeles-based art community in the late 1960s and 1970s and known for her boundary-pushing sculpture work which was shown at many museums...

20. Bruce Gilden (1946)

American Photographer

Photographer famous for his intimate portraits often taken on the street. He has been featured in collections at New York's Museum of Modern Art and London's Victoria & Albert Museum,...

21. Robert Mapplethorpe (1946)

American Photographer

He gained prominence for his large black and white photos of celebrities, nude models, and flowers, and children.

22. James Nachtwey (1948)

American Photographer

The subject of a 2001, Oscar-nominated documentary titled War Photographer, this prominent photojournalist documented conflicts in Northern Ireland, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, South Africa, and other political hot...

23. Harry Mattison (1948)

American Photographer

TIME magazine photographer who documented El Salvador's civil war.

24. Mark Velasquez (1977)

American Photographer

American photographer who first became known to television audiences as a contestant on the first season of the Bravo reality show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. He has...

25. Tyler Shields (1982)

American Photographer

Photographer known for work that often depicts violence, including the exhibit Life Is Not a Fairytale. He's photographed celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Heather Morris.

26. Art Wolfe (1951)

American Photographer

Award-winning nature photographer and conservationist whose work has spanned all seven continents. He's published countless books on photography including 2014's Earth Is My Witness and he also hosts the TV...

27. Penny Wolin (1953)

American Photographer

An American portrait photographer and a visual anthropologist who is known for her documentary and conceptual photographs.

28. Gordon Parks (1912)

American Photographer

Photographer and writer remembered for his work for Life magazine. Also a film director, he became known for his popular 1971 film Shaft.

29. Clifford Ross (1952)

American Photographer

American photographer, painter and sculptor who created the Hurricane Series, Mountain Series, and Harmonium Mountain Series.

30. James Balog (1952)

American Photographer

Famous photographer whose work often analyzed the relationship between humans and nature.

31. Steven Meisel (1954)

American Photographer

Photographer who found acclaim for his work US and Italian Vogue and Madonna's book Sex. He has shot fashion campaigns for Versace, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga and Calvin Klein.

32. Lindsay Adler (1985)

American Photographer

Portrait photographer whose work has appeared in Bullett Magazine, Zink Magazine, and Fault. She has more than 400,000 followers on her lindsayadler_photo Instagram account.

33. Susan Ford (1957)

American Photographer

Famous as the only daughter and fourth child of Betty Ford and 38th United States President Gerald Ford, she is also notable for her work as a Newsweek and Associated...

34. Nan Goldin (1953)

American Photographer

Controversial American photographer known for works such as "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency" from 1981, "Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a Taxi, NYC," from 1991, and "The Hug, NYC," from...

35. Melanie Pullen (1975)

American Photographer

Photographer who recreates High Fashion Crime Scenes from cases she reads about from the Los Angeles Police Department. Her work was published by Nazraeli Press. 

36. Terry Richardson (1965)

American Photographer

World-renowned photographer who shot fashion, portrait, and documentary photography. He has worked for big name publications like Rolling Stone and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent, among others.

37. Adam Bouska (1983)

American Photographer

Fashion photographer known for his work with male models as well as his activism. His work has been very influential in the gay community.

38. David LaChapelle (1963)

American Photographer

Commercial and fine-art photographer and music-video and film director best known for his surreal, subversive photography that was described as kitsch pop surrealism. Some critics labeled him the Fellini of...

39. Larry Birkhead (1973)

American Photographer

Former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith and the father of her child who was in a child custody battle that was covered extensively by the media.

40. Tasya van Ree (1976)

American Photographer

Photographer who uses mixed media and visual presentation to show fashion in its relation to identity. She has exhibited her work in the same venues as David Lynch and Gus Van Sant. She...

41. Henry Flores (1974)

American Photographer

Henry Flores is a professional American photographer who addresses modern pop culture.

42. Matthew Knisely (1974)

American Photographer

Matthew E. Knisely is an American TV Photojournalist known for professional standards and his vivid editing and use of depth of field in his photography. Born in York Pennsylvania Knisely...

43. Donald Miralle (1974)

American Photographer

Donald Miralle is a photographer born in Los Angeles California on August 8 1974. With more than 30 international awards to his credit Donald is especially known for his sports...

44. Brian McCarty (1974)

American Photographer

Brian McCarty is a contemporary artist and photographer known for his work with toys. McCarty's approach is based upon integrating toy characters into real-life situations through the use of forced...

45. CYJO (1974)

American Photographer

CYJO /ˈsiːˈdʒoʊ/ born Cindy Hwang is an American Fine-art photographer. She is known for her photographic and textual projects such as Substructure and KYOPO Project.

46. Steve Thurston (1974)

American Photographer

Steve Thurston is a Chilean-American journalist entrepreneur and co-founder CEO and president of Integrity Ministries a non-profit media organization. Thurston also founded the spiritual lifestyle website InterVizion. net on October...

47. Taryn Simon (1975)

American Photographer

Taryn Simon is an American artist. Simon’s artistic medium consists of three equal elements: photography text and graphic design. Her work investigates the impossibility of absolute understanding and the ambiguities...

48. Daniel Gordon (artist) (1980)

American Photographer

Daniel Gordon is an American artist who lives and works in Brooklyn New York.

49. Eliot Porter (1901)

American Photographer

Eliot Furness Porter was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature.

50. Lina Dorado (1975)

American Photographer

Lina Dorado is a contemporary artist and filmmaker based in New York City noted for her multimedia work and travel photography Lina Dorado has authored two books in bilingual editions:...