Here we have compiled together a collection of some of the finest and most iconic photography of the 20th century, most of which has been depicted from a book called Icons of Photography, for the past few years it has helped me a lot when I have been studying, the book contains some of the best photography you will ever come across, some of which will be studied over for centuries to come. So here is a nice collection of what I think is the most famous photo's throughout the book.
This post should really help with your studies or purely for inspiration, if you have any other photographers or individual images in mind that you feel should appear in this collection, let us know in the comment section and we will be sure to add them in!
Richard Avedon
Martin Parr
Margaret Bourke-White
Lee Freidlander
Karl Blossfeldt
Irving Penn
Horst P. Horst
Henri Cartier Bresson
Helmut Newton
Edward Weston
Cindy Sherman
Alberto Korda
Albert Renger – Patzch




Really good I am studying 20th century photography at the Plymouth college of art and this will be really useful thanks for posting
There will be plenty more photographers I will be featuring on the site! So keep updated!