PHOTOGRAPHER

Claude Cahun

1894 - 1954

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Claude Cahun (French pronunciation: [klod ka.œ̃], born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob; 25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer. Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Cahun has received more than 1,203,060 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Claude Cahun is the 33rd most popular photographer (down from 11th in 2019), the 2,284th most popular biography from France (down from 997th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Claude Cahun ranks 33 out of 148. Before her are Roger Fenton, Irving Penn, Berenice Abbott, Jan Saudek, Nan Goldin, and Guillermo Kahlo. After her are Edward Weston, Lewis Hine, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Wilhelm Brasse, Peter Lindbergh, and Andreas Gursky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Claude Cahun ranks 89. Before her are Boris Lyatoshinsky, Gerhard Schmidhuber, José Carlos Mariátegui, René Fonck, Nedo Nadi, and Ivan Isakov. After her are Julian Tuwim, Otto Wöhler, Alexander Lippisch, Paul Lukas, Georges Guynemer, and Ottavio Bottecchia. Among people deceased in 1954, Claude Cahun ranks 49. Before her are Viktor Abakumov, Gideon Sundback, Oscar Straus, Lionel Barrymore, Stig Dagerman, and Theodor Kaluza. After her are Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, James Hilton, Jacob Tullin Thams, Robert H. Jackson, Emil Leon Post, and Wilhelm Schmidt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Cahun ranks 2,284 out of 6,770. Before her are Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Jean Behra (1921), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Philippe Leroy (1930), and Jérôme Lejeune (1926). After her are François Berléand (1952), Hans von Salmuth (1888), Jean Chacornac (1823), Georges Claude (1870), Edgar Faure (1908), and Pierre Henry (1927).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In France

Among photographers born in France, Claude Cahun ranks 6. Before her are Nadar (1820), Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908), Robert Doisneau (1912), Dora Maar (1907), and Elliott Erwitt (1928). After her are Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Hippolyte Bayard (1801), André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), Patrick Demarchelier (1943), Sophie Calle (1953), and Étienne Carjat (1828).

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