Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870, 23 December - 1942, 30 May) was born - Canada, ONT, Hamilton. American woman photographer.
Yousuf Karsh (1908, 23 December - 2002, 13 July) was born - Turkey, Turkish Armenia, Mardin. Probably the most famous portrait photographer in the world, Karsh presents living sculptures to the cameras, monumental presences achieved by dramatic use of light and total concentration on the sitter.
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Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (1968, 23 December - ) was born - Puerto Rico, Guayama, Pozo Hond. Social documentary photographer whose work follows in the tradition of "concerned photography" espoused by Cornell Capa. He photographs in less developed parts of the world and records with dignity the people who live in disadvantaged situations or More...
Henry Hardy Cole (1843 - 1916, 23 December) died.
Achille Devéria (1800, 6 February - 1857, 23 December) died. French painter, printmaker and stained-glass designer.
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen (1824, 22 February - 1907, 23 December) died - France, Meudon. French astronomer and the discover of Helium. He traveled widely for research and on scientific expeditions including - Peru in order to determine the magnetic equator (1857); work on the solar spectrum in Itay (1861-1862,1864), optical and More... |
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