Alphonse Bertillon (1853, 22 April - 1914, 13 February) was born - France, Paris. A Parisian police official who used photography to create a photographic library of criminals in the Nineteenth century. He was the first to recognize that by constructing a classification system of visual features one could improve police work by More...
R.B. Bontecou (1824, 22 April - 1907) was born - US, NY, Troy. A New York surgeon who used photography to record injuries and their surgical repair during the American Civil War. After the war he returned to Troy, NY and continued as a doctor. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY.
Laura Gilpin (1891, 22 April - 1979, 30 November) was born - US, CO, Colorado Springs. American photographer.
Ansel Adams (1902, 20 February - 1984, 22 April) died - US, CA, Monterey. Co-founder of the f/64 Group with Edward Weston, Adams is not only known for his landscape photography, especially in Yosemite, but also for the invention of the Zone System, the publication of many books, and his role in the formation of the More...
Pirie MacDonald (1867, 27 January - 1942, 22 April) died - US, NY, New York. |
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