Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904) was a British-born photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to capture motion. Muybridge was born Edward James Muggeridge at Kingston-on-Thames, England. He is believed to have changed his first name to match that of King E

19th century photography, Figurative, Pioneering, Repetition, Representational, Scientific/motion studies

Justine Kurland's photographs are about adolescence, awkwardness, girls, the American landscape, secrets, and quiet, private dreams of community that hide behind tough exteriors and blank faces. Relatively large-scale, and often theatrically staged, Kurland's images position their subjects hanging ou

Conceptual photography, Figurative, Portrait

Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the recipient of several major fellowships from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations and was awarded the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. His work is represented in major public and private collections, including

Architectural, Documentary photography, Figurative, Representational

Jeff Wall is a Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art-historical writing. He received his MA from the University of British Columbia in 1970, with a thesis titled, "Berlin Dada and the Notion of Context," and did postgraduate work at the Courtaul

Epic, Figurative