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 Established in 1965 as the Photographic Art and Science Foundation in Des Plaines Illinois as a 501(c)(3),IRS Letter in 1977 the first public museum and "Hall of Fame" opened in Santa Barbara, California, as a part of the Brooks Institute of Photography. A few years later, in 1983 the museum moved to Oklahoma City and in 2013, moved to its current location, St. Louis, Missouri. The 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 more than 70 inductees and archives more than 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 Iooss 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 (posthumously) Sally Mann Pete Souza Joyce Tenneson Joel Sartore
2022 Inductees
Edward Burtynsky Chester Higgins Graciela Iturbide Helen Levitt Danny Lyon Sarah Moon
2023 Inductees
Nan Goldin Vivian Maier Bea Nettles Matika Wilbur
2024 Inductees
Sam Abell Eve Arnold Paul Caponigro Richard Misrach Martin Parr Anne Wilkes Tucker James Balog
2025 Inductees
David Burnett Keith Carter Adger Cowans Sheila Metzner Lee Miller (posthumously) Stephen Shore
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 more than 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.
Within the collection can be found a wide variety of photographic memorabilia from historic manuals on processes and techniques to monographs of notable photographers.
Exhibitions Retrospective, Phil Borges, October–December 2004 Alaska Wild, December 2004 – January 2005 In Plain Sight, Beaumont Newhall, January–April 2005 Stopping Time, Harold Edgerton, January–April 2005 Mestizjae, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, January–April 2005 Photography of Hugh Scott, The Oklahoma City National Memorial, 10 Years Remembering, April–July 2005 An Itinerant Eye, James Walden, July–December 2005 A Life In Photography, Arnold Newman, July–December 2005 Nicholas Orzio's Occupied Japan, Nicholas Orzio, February–May 2017 Vivian Maier, Vivian Maier, February–May 2018 Cabbagetown, Oraien Catledge, January–April 2019 40th Year Anniversary: Nanjing-St. Louis Sister City: Retrospective, April–July 2019 Moment By Moment, John Loengard, July–September 2019 2019 Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Exhibition, November 2019–March 2020
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