John Moran (photographer)

John Moran
Photograph and signature of John Moran
Born	February 1831 Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England
Died	February 19, 1902(1902-02-19) (aged 70–71) Manhattan, New York City, N.Y., U.S.
Occupation(s)	Photographer, artist

John Moran (February 1831 – February 19, 1902) was a pioneering American photographer and artist. Moran was a prominent landscape, architectural, astronomical and expedition photographer whose career began in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area during the 1860s.

A brother of the painters Thomas, Edward and Peter Moran, Moran was a member of a network of Philadelphia-based artists, historians, and scientists who recognized photography as a fine art in the years before the American Civil War.^[1]