The Most Famous
PHOTOGRAPHERS from Austria
This page contains a list of the greatest Austrian Photographers. The pantheon dataset contains 105 Photographers, 4 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 6th most number of Photographers behind United Kingdom and Czechia.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Austrian Photographers of all time. This list of famous Austrian Photographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Brassaï (1899 - 1984)
With an HPI of 59.43, Brassaï is the most famous Austrian Photographer. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Brassaï (French: [bʁa'saj]; pseudonym of Gyula Halász; 9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the world wars. In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940 to 1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.
2. Inge Morath (1923 - 2002)
With an HPI of 52.58, Inge Morath is the 2nd most famous Austrian Photographer. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Ingeborg Hermine Morath (German: [ˈɪŋəbɔrk ˈmoːraːt] ; 27 May 1923 – 30 January 2002) was an Austrian photographer. In 1953, she joined the Magnum Photos Agency, founded by top photographers in Paris, and became a full photographer with the agency in 1955. Morath was the third wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller; their daughter is screenwriter/director Rebecca Miller.
3. Lisette Model (1901 - 1983)
With an HPI of 49.75, Lisette Model is the 3rd most famous Austrian Photographer. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Lisette Model (born Elise Amelie Felicie Stern; November 10, 1901 – March 30, 1983) was an Austrian-born American photographer primarily known for the frank humanism of her street photography. A prolific photographer in the 1940s and a member of the New-York cooperative Photo League, she was published in PM's Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, and US Camera before taking up teaching in 1949 through the intermediary of Ansel Adams. She continued to photograph and taught at the New School for Social Research in New York from 1951 until her death in 1983 with many notable students, the most famous of whom was Diane Arbus. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and still resides in several permanent collections, including that of the National Gallery of Canada and the J. Paul Getty Museum.
4. Willy Puchner (1952 - )
With an HPI of 40.78, Willy Puchner is the 4th most famous Austrian Photographer. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Willy Puchner (born March 15, 1952) is an Austrian photographer, artist, painter and author.
Pantheon has 4 people classified as photographers born between 1899 and 1952. Of these 4, 1 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living photographers include Willy Puchner. The most famous deceased photographers include Brassaï, Inge Morath, and Lisette Model. As of April 2022, 1 new photographers have been added to Pantheon including Lisette Model.
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