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The Most Famous

PHOTOGRAPHERS from Switzerland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Photographers. The pantheon dataset contains 105 Photographers, 3 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 9th most number of Photographers behind Japan and Italy.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Photographers of all time. This list of famous Swiss Photographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

Photo of René Burri

1. René Burri (1933 - 2014)

With an HPI of 51.49, René Burri is the most famous Swiss Photographer.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

René Burri (9 April 1933 – 20 October 2014) was a Swiss photographer. Burri was a member of Magnum Photos and photographed major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century. He made portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso as well as iconic pictures of São Paulo and Brasília.

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2. Werner Bischof (1916 - 1954)

With an HPI of 50.89, Werner Bischof is the 2nd most famous Swiss Photographer.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Werner Bischof (26 April 1916 – 16 May 1954) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1949, the first new photographer to join its original founders.: 445  Bischof's book Japan (1954) was awarded the Prix Nadar in 1955.

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3. Gaudenzio Marconi (1841 - 1885)

With an HPI of 48.19, Gaudenzio Marconi is the 3rd most famous Swiss Photographer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Gaudenzio Marconi (12 March 1841, Comologne, Switzerland–1885, Schaerbeck, Belgium) was a Swiss/Italian photographer who later worked in France and Belgium.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as photographers born between 1841 and 1933. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased photographers include René Burri, Werner Bischof, and Gaudenzio Marconi. As of April 2022, 1 new photographers have been added to Pantheon including Gaudenzio Marconi.

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