PHOTOGRAPHER

Diane Arbus

1923 - 1971

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Diane Arbus (; née Nemerov; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. She photographed her subjects in familiar settings: their homes, on the street, in the workplace, in the park. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diane Arbus has received more than 2,451,855 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Diane Arbus is the 20th most popular photographer (down from 13th in 2019), the 1,648th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,054th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Photographer.

Diane Arbus is most famous for her photographs of people on the margins of society.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Diane Arbus ranks 20 out of 148. Before her are Felice Beato, Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassaï, and Annie Leibovitz. After her are Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Yousuf Karsh, and Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Diane Arbus ranks 70. Before her are Antony Flew, Cliff Robertson, Frederick Herzberg, Gyula Lóránt, Lola Flores, and Yelena Bonner. After her are Aaron Spelling, Chuck Yeager, Agatha Barbara, Conrad Bain, Hwang Jang-yop, and Leonid Gaidai. Among people deceased in 1971, Diane Arbus ranks 39. Before her are Violet Jessop, Max Steiner, Johannes Frießner, Bernardo Houssay, John Boyd Orr, and Heinz Lammerding. After her are Raoul Hausmann, W. O. Bentley, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Helene Weigel, Mathilde Kschessinska, and Ub Iwerks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Diane Arbus ranks 1,648 out of 20,380. Before her are Elisha Gray (1835), Art Tatum (1909), Wes Studi (1947), Larry Holmes (1949), Annie Leibovitz (1949), and Jack Black (1969). After her are William Morris Davis (1850), Lee J. Cobb (1911), William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Don Rosa (1951), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), and David O. Selznick (1902).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Diane Arbus ranks 3. Before her are Vivian Maier (1926), and Annie Leibovitz (1949). After her are Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Irving Penn (1917), Berenice Abbott (1898), Nan Goldin (1953), Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), and Carl Van Vechten (1880).

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