Biographical Sources on Photographers

Biographical Sources on Photographers: Databases (for journal articles)

*Search the UNT Libraries Online Catalog for biographical sources on photographers.  Exhibition catalogs usually have a short bio also. Choose the Keyword search and then type the photographer's name in the order of last name, first name. Example: Sherman, Cindy, or enter: Sherman, Cindy and biography, or Sherman, Cindy and exhibtion.

*Search for the photographer in the Photography Databases first.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Search this database to find reference books that have an entry on the photographer.

Biographical Reference Books on Photographers

*All of these books will list the photographers last names in alphabetical order.  Just look for the last name of the photographer.
*All are located in Reference in the Eagle Commons Library (unless otherwise indicated).

American Photographers: An Illustrated Who's Who Among Leading
Contemporary Americans
TR139 .A46 1989
Contemporary Artists
N6490 .C6567 2002 (Willis Library, Reference, 1st floor)
Catching Shadows: A Directory of 19th Century Texas Photographers
TR24.T4H39 1993
Contemporary Photographers
TR193 .C664 1995
International Guide to Nineteenth-Century Photographers and and Their Works TR15.E48 1988
Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists & Innovators TR139.B767 1983
Texas Professional Photographers Association, Inc. Membership Directory TR1.T49 1996/97
Black Photographers, 1840-1940: An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography
TR193.W55 1985 
An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers, 1940-1988
TR193.W55 1989 

Yahoo!'s Directory of Master Photographers
Contains information on 80 master photographers, includes images of their works.