Esther Bubley (1921, 16 February - 1998, 16 March) was born - US, WI. American photographer.
Edward S. Curtis (1868, 16 February - 1952, 19 October) was born - US, WI, nr. White Water. American photographer who created the 20 volume ‘The North American Indian‘ (1907-1930) - this is almost certainly the most extraordinary artistic work concentrating on an ethnic group.
His obituary in the New York More...
Sir Francis Galton (1822, 16 February - 1911, 17 January) was born - England, Birmingham, Sparkbrook. British polymath who used photography to better understand scientific principles.
William E. Macnaughton (1872, 16 February - ?) was born - US, NY, Brooklyn.
Rajendra Lal Mitra (1822, 16 February (?1924) - 1891, 26 July) was born. Early photographer active in India during the British Raj.
Michael A. Smith (1942, 16 February - ) was born - US, PA, Philadelphia. American photographer predominantly landscapes.
Karoly Escher (1890, 21 October - 1966, 16 February) died - Hungary, Budapest. Hungarian photojournalist particularly active in the 1920s and early 1930s. There was a retrospective of his work at the Hungarian National Gallery in 1965.
Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856, 16 September - 1931, 16 February) died - Italy, Sicily, Taormina. Male nude studies of young boys and men in 1920s Italy. Many of his glass plate negatives were destroyed by the Fascists who saw them as pornographic. |
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