The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Louis, Missouri honors those who have made great contributions to the field of photography.
History
In 1977 the first Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Santa Barbara, California and a few years later, in 1983 moved to Oklahoma City. IPHF is the first organization worldwide that recognizes significant contributors to the artistic craft and science of photography.
In addition to an extensive collection of photographs and cameras, IPHF offers lectures and other educational opportunities; surrounding all aspects of photography, past, and present, for people of all ages.
Hall of Fame inductees
The IPHF inductees artists and individuals that have changed the art industry with their photography or inventions. IPHF has over 70 inductees and archives over 30,000 images. Each year a nominating committee selects inductees based on their contributions to the art or science of photography and their impact on the history of photography.
1966 Inductees
William Henry Fox Talbot
1968 Inductees
George Eastman
Mathew B. Brady
1971 Inductees
Alfred Stieglitz
1973 Inductees
George W. Harris
1974 Inductees
Edward Steichen
1976 Inductees
Robert Capa
1978 Inductees
Erich Salomon
1979 Inductees
Brassai
Gertrude Kasebier
Peter Henry Emerson
1980 Inductees
Adolf Fassbender
Pirie MacDonald
Victor Hasselblad
1982 Inductees
William Henry Jackson
1984 Inductees
Ansel Adams
August Sander
Bill Brandt
Dorothea Lange
Edward Weston
Eugene Atget
Imogen Cunningham
James Van Der Zee
Oskar Barnack
Paul Strand
Walker Evans
William Eugene Smith
Yasuzo Nojima
1986 Inductees
André Kertész
Clarence White
Diane Arbus
Josef Sudek
Timothy O'Sullivan
1989 Inductees
Paul Lindwood Gittings
1991 Inductees
Dr. Edwin Herbert Land
2000 Inductees
Berenice Abbott
2001 Inductees
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lewis Hine
2002 Inductees
Carleton Watkins
Gordon Parks
Helmut Gernsheim
2003 Inductees
Andre Adolphe-Eugene Disderi
Peter Dombrovskis
2004 Inductees
Frederick Scott Archer
Robert Frank
Ruth Bernhard
2005 Inductees
Beaumont Newhall
Harold Edgerton
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
2006 Inductees
Arnold Newman
Richard Avedon
2007 Inductees
Roger Fenton
2013 Inductees
Yousef Karsh
2016 Inductees
Annie Leibovitz
Ernst Haas
Graham Nash
John Knoll
Ken Burns
Margaret Bourke-White
Sebastiao Salgado
Steve Jobs
Thomas Knoll
Willard S. Boyle
2017 Inductees
Anne Geddes
Cindy Sherman
Edward Curtis
Ernest H. Brooks II
Harry Benson
James Nachtwey
Jerry Uelsmann
Kenny Rogers
Ryszard Horowitz
William Eggleston
2018 Inductees
Joe Rosenthal
Joel Bernstein
John Sexton
John Loengard
Susan Meiselas
Walter Looss Jr.
2019 Inductees
Bruce Davidson
Elliott Erwitt
Julia Margaret Cameron
Mary Ellen Mark
Olivia Parker
Paul Nicklen
Ralph Gibson
Steve McCurry
Tony Vaccaro
2020 Inductees
Robert Adams
Lynsey Addario
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Hiro
Jay Maisel
Duane Michals
Carrie Mae Weems
Henry Diltz
2021 Inductees
Dawoud Bey
Larry Burrows
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
David Douglas Duncan
Sally Mann
Pete Souza
Joyce Tenneson
Joel Sartore
2022 Inductees
Edward Burtynsky
Chester Higgins
Graciela Iturbide
Helen Levitt
Danny Lyon
Sarah Moon
Collection
The IPHF collection focuses on photographic works beginning from the 18th century to the present. In addition to photographs, the museum has a large collection of cameras, darkroom, and studio tools dating back to the late 1800s. The entire collection consists of over 6,000 historical cameras and photography tools and 30,000 photographs. Some of the 19th century photographic tools include Magic Lanterns, a Praxinoscope Theatre, and an Edison Projecting Kinetoscope.