Famous portrait photographers

Read about the best portrait photographers who take high-class portrait photos of celebrities and models. Who is the greatest portrait photographer of all time?

Read about the best portrait photographers who take high-class portrait photos of celebrities and models. Who is the greatest portrait photographer of all time?

For over a century photography has captured, documented and shaped the course of history, with some leaving a lasting legacy.

Street photography captures the beauty of the everyday. We're all familiar with urban spaces, but street photographers observe their surrounding with a sharper eye. They can see the unusual in the everyday, the funny in the dull, and the extraordinary in the ordinary.

This iconic surrealist image of the women with the spherical tears is by avant-garde photographer and artist Man Ray (1890-1976). It is marvellously theatrical, and surreal because it only partly …

Explore the iconic work of 15 famous female photographers and get inspired by their creativity and vision. See the impact of these female photographers.

TIME looks back on one of the most iconic portraits ever captured of the actress, who was born on Feb. 27, 1932.

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Technical improvements to the daguerreotype in the early 1840s took the world by storm as portrait galleries opened everywhere to meet demand. Martin Schoeller’s new book, Portraits, a 15-year retrospective of his modern portrait photography, is further evidence of the long-lasting power of the photographic portrait that began 175 years ago. I caught up with […]

Ultra-realistic black and white photo portrait of Tiger Woods

Uma Thurman photographed by Annie Leibovitz

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Robin Williams

“I finally understood what a picture can be about — and it’s about responding to a moment that’s important to you.” Charting his origins in war reporting to his shift into intimate personal work, the renowned Magnum photographer reflects on what drives him to create with a camera