Helen Levitt, an American photographer noted for her black-and-white images of New Yorkers during the 1930s and 1940s, died in her sleep at her home in Manhattan on March 29. Levitt was 95 years old.

Born in Brooklyn in 1913, Levitt first turned to photography after dropping out of high school in her senior year. Looking for more inspirational activities, she began work as a photography assistant for...

Noted photographer, curator, historian and scientist Terry Norman Toedtemeier died on Dec. 10, 2008, from heart-related complications in Portland, Ore.

Toedtemeier, the curator of photography at the Portland Art Museum, collapsed immediately after giving a lecture on the exhibit "Wild Beauty." He had been with the museum since...

Henry Froehlich, a founder of Konica Camera Co. and a pioneer in the 20th-century photographic industry, died peacefully on Jan. 24 at the age of 85.

Froehlich formed many long-term relationships with retailers, photographers and other industry members over the years. From its inception, he was an advocate for the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City and became a member of...

Jane S. Kinne, a commercial stock photography pioneer, died Nov. 3, 2007, as a result of complications following surgery. She was 82.

Kinne committed her time to several organizations, including the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP). She worked in the 1970s to bring professional regard to...

Barton ‘Bart' L. Attebery, 78, former head of the Department of Commercial Photography at Seattle Central Community College, passed away Dec. 11, 2007.

The Laramie, Wyo., native earned a B.A. in commercial photography at the Art Center in Los Angeles. He met his future wife, Margaret "Maggie" Besette, in 1950 and later moved to Seattle where, by 1962, Attebery established...

Award-winning photographer Burt Glinn, whose images of Fidel Castro's takeover of Cuba won him international renown, died April 9 at age 82 in Southampton, N.Y., after suffering from kidney failure and pneumonia.

Glinn was born Burton Samuel Glinn in Pittsburgh in 1925 and later served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He earned degrees in history and literature from Harvard University in 1949 and went on to work for Life magazine as a photo assistant from 1949 to 1950.

He became one of the first American members of Magnum Photo in 1951, along with...

Dith Pran, the former New York Times photojournalist known for his coverage of Cambodia in the 1970s, died March 30 at age 65 from pancreatic cancer.

The story of Cambodian-born Pran is chronicled in the Academy Award-winning 1984 movie "The Killing Fields."

Having taught himself English, he worked as a translator for the U.S. Military Assistance Command until 1965, when Cambodia severed ties with the United States. In the early 1970s, as Cambodia descended into civil war, Pran served as an interpreter for...

Photographer, curator and writer John Szarkowski, best known for bringing awareness and appreciation to the discipline as director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, passed away on July 7 at the age of 81. He died from complications related to a stroke.

Early in his career, Szarkowski won two Guggenheim grants for his photography, but focused most of his attention on...

Ruth Bernhard, the Berlin-born photographer who made her home in San Francisco, died late last year at the age of 101.

Bernhard began her studies at the Berlin Academy of Art, but left after two years to emigrate to the United States. Upon her arrival in New York, she took a job as a darkroom assistant for The Delineator, working under the supervision of Ralph Steiner, and enjoyed success as a commercial photographer.

In 1935, following a chance encounter with Edward Weston on a beach in...

Leonard Freed, whose photographs documented the civil rights movement and other scenes of human struggle, died from cancer in New York City last November at the age of 77.

Freed was born Oct. 23, 1929, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied art at the New School under Alexey Brodovitch, the art director of Harper's Bazaar, an experience that turned his attention toward photography. After graduation he traveled extensively in Europe and...