Abraham Bogardus (1822, 29 November - 1908) was born - US, NY, Fishkill. American Daguerreotypist and photographer. Learnt the Daguerreotype process from George W. Prosch and opened his first gallery in New York in 1846. He became very successful and in 1868 he assisted in the formation of the National Photographic More... Kevin Bubriski (1954, 29 November - ) was born - US, MA, North Adams. Contemporary documentary photographer. His book "Portrait of Nepal" won the Golden Light First Place Award for Documentary Book of the Year 1993. David Goldblatt (1930, 29 November - 2018, 25 June) was born - South Africa, Randfontein. One of the great South African photographers who recorded the everyday and commonplace of a country with apartheid. Judith Golden (1934, 29 November - 2023, 16 January) was born - US, IL, Chicago. American photographer. Germaine Krull (1897, 29 November - 1985) was born - Poland, Wilda-Poznan. Polish-born woman photographer. Giacomo Brogi (1822, 6 April - 1881, 29 November) died - Italy, Florence. Founder of the Italian Photographic Society. In 1868 he visited the Near East and the Holy Land. Beniamino Facchinelli (1839, 8 July - 1895, 29 November) died. Photographer active ion Cairo who photographed The Nile, archaeological sites, the sites of Cairo and museum objects. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France has a collection of his photographs. Leonard Freed (1929, 23 October - 2006, 29 November) died - US, NY, Garrison. One of America‘s greatest photojournalists with a long career working with Magnum. He carried out photographic projects dealing with negro life in the USA, the Jews of Amsterdam and was also in Israel following the 1967 Six Day War. John Beasly Greene (1832 - 1856, 29 November) died - Egypt, Cairo. Early photographer of Egypt and the Middle East. Helmar Lerski (1871, 18 February - 1956, 29 November) died - Switzerland, Zurich. Swiss photographer, filmmaker and actor. Started as a banker and then became an actor. He took up photography when he was 39 and his striking portrait style, using a harsh and at time unflattering light, was well respected. He was involved in More... Fritz Luckhardt (1843, 17 March - 1894, 29 November) died - Austria, Vienna. Austrian photographer of German origin. | January February March April May June July August September October November December
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