Robert Capa – This photojournalist is best known for his coverage of the war. Capa wanted to get a closer look at this event, although it eventually cost him his life. He co-founded Magnum Photos, and some of his images remain the most famous in the world.

Matthew Brady – Known as the father of war photography, Brady had to get permission from Andrew Lincoln to go and photograph the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly. His heavy, clunky equipment meant he couldn’t easily get into the fighting, but he was always quick to cover soldiers in camps and after battles. His images were so early that they could initially only be printed as engravings in a magazine.

Dorothea Lange – Her portrait of a migrant mother is considered one of the most popular photographs of all time. She took this and many other images documenting American migrants and the poor, which was seen at the time as a work of social awareness.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: A man whose influence can be felt in almost all areas of photography, Cartier-Bresson was also considered one of the fathers of photojournalism. His style, which often involved walking through cities to see what he could capture, combined the artful framing of a flyer with
current events and intelligent social commentary.

Albert Eisenstadt: A sailor bends a nurse backwards as he kisses her in Times Square. You know the shot! Eisenstadt was there for many culturally important moments in the forties, fifties, and sixties-and even later.