







Occupation
PHOTOGRAPHERS
With 148 biographies, Photographers are the 59th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Journalists, Martial Arts, and Archaeologists.
People
Pantheon has 148 people classified as photographers born between 1799 and 1972. Of these 148, 34 (22.97%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living photographers include Nobuyoshi Araki, Nick Ut, and David LaChapelle. The most famous deceased photographers include Oliviero Toscani, André Kertész, and Kishin Shinoyama.
Living Photographers
Go to all RankingsAnnie Leibovitz
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Nobuyoshi Araki
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.61
Josef Koudelka
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Nan Goldin
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Sophie Calle
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.76
David Bailey
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.61
Andreas Gursky
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Jan Saudek
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Daidō Moriyama
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Nick Ut
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Hiroshi Sugimoto
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Boris Mikhailov
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Deceased Photographers
Go to all RankingsNadar
1820 - 1910
HPI: 77.63
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
HPI: 75.13
Heinrich Hoffmann
1885 - 1957
HPI: 72.48
Eadweard Muybridge
1830 - 1904
HPI: 71.33
Alberto Korda
1928 - 2001
HPI: 71.24
Helmut Newton
1920 - 2004
HPI: 71.10
Dora Maar
1907 - 1997
HPI: 70.23
Alexander Rodchenko
1891 - 1956
HPI: 70.03
Vivian Maier
1926 - 2009
HPI: 69.21
Robert Doisneau
1912 - 1994
HPI: 69.06
Oliviero Toscani
1942 - 2025
HPI: 67.65
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 - 1879
HPI: 67.46
Places
Most photographers were born in United States (47), Germany (20), and France (19). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (9), Paris (6), and Brooklyn (5).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as photographers in Pantheon are Julia Margaret Cameron, Hippolyte Bayard, and Titian Peale. The concentration of photographers was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier photographers are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Photographers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Photographers since 1700.