Miriam Schapiro (born 1923) was one of the leaders of the Feminist Art Movement in the early 1970s. She was also one of the first artists to use the computer as a creative instrument and 14 was among the founders of the "Pattern and Decoration Movement" in 1974.

The first World Press Photo award, back in 1955, came about when some members of the Dutch photojournalists’ union (Nederlandse Vereniging van Fotojournalisten, NVF) had the idea of turning a national competition—the Zilveren Camera—into an international one. The new international contest marked the 25th anniversary of the NVF, with a public exhibition to be held in December 1955. Almost immediately, the step was taken from organizing a one-off event to creating an annual contest – and one has been held almost every year since then. Since that very first contest, winning pictures have been put together into an exhibition.

One of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, John Lewis continued to fight for people's rights since joining Congress in 1987.

Who Was John Lewis?

John Lewis grew up in an era of racial segregation. Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., he joined the burgeoning civil rights movement. Lewis was a Freedom Rider, spoke at 1963's March on Washington and led the demonstration that became known as "Bloody Sunday." He was elected to Congress in 1986 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

Florine Stettheimer, (born Aug. 29, 1871, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.—died May 11, 1944, New York, N.Y.), American painter whose highly personal and idiosyncratic style was characterized by vivid colour, a purposeful naiveté, and whimsical humour, often in the service of wry social comment.

“You are the definition of a bad student,” croaks the septuagenarian teacher. “This is boring. It is so shit!” Gaulier’s student gawps at him, chastened and gormless, as his classmates laugh cheerfully at his discomfort. It’s a fate that you, I and the rest of the non-ridiculous world might cross continents to avoid. But for those aspiring to be funny, this is the place to be – and Gaulier’s tongue-lashings are an exquisite form of torture.

B. 1960, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Beatriz Milhazes was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1960. She studied public communication at Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso University, Rio de Janeiro (1978–81), and attended the city’s Escola de artes visuais do Parque Lage (1980–82). In paintings, prints, and architectural installations that marry highly saturated color harmonies with geometric abstraction, Milhazes demonstrates an allegiance to both European and Brazilian modernism. She cites Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, and Tarsila do Amaral as her three primary influences, and all three figures are a strong presence within her work.

Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise.

Known for her uncanny ability to create expressive, dynamic typefaces suited perfectly to their subject GAIL ANDERSON is a designer and teacher with an impressive tenure in the field to date.

Born and raised in New York, Anderson’s ever burning curiosity about design began with the teen mags of her adolescent years and was cemented while studying at the School of Visual Arts in NY. It was here that Anderson began to develop her methodologies and no holds barred approach to design.