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Erich Salomon

1886 - 1944

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Erich Salomon (28 April 1886 – 7 July 1944) was a German Jewish news photographer known for his pictures in the diplomatic and legal professions and the innovative methods he used to acquire them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Salomon has received more than 100,465 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Erich Salomon is the 65th most popular photographer (down from 62nd in 2019), the 3,506th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,149th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Photographer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Erich Salomon ranks 65 out of 148. Before him are Abbas, Boris Mikhailov, Ansel Adams, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Imogen Cunningham, and Adolfo Farsari. After him are Wilson Bentley, Helen Levitt, David Bailey, Karimeh Abbud, Berry Berenson, and Gertrude Käsebier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Erich Salomon ranks 165. Before him are Roberto María Ortiz, Jean Hersholt, Georges Vantongerloo, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Rose Wilder Lane, and Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao. After him are Mikhail Tereshchenko, Rudolf Belling, Ion Gigurtu, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, H.D., and Kálmán Darányi. Among people deceased in 1944, Erich Salomon ranks 199. Before him are Inigo Campioni, Shōji Nishimura, Alexandre Villaplane, Zinaida Portnova, Olga Sanfirova, and Edwin Lutyens. After him are Anna Kolesárová, Hana Brady, Luigi Maglione, Lucien Pissarro, Hendrikus Colijn, and Ralph H. Fowler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Salomon ranks 3,506 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918), Hans Christian Blech (1915), Hermann Muhs (1894), Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), Lotte Lehmann (1888), and Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833). After him are Paul Dessau (1894), Franz John (1872), Conrad of Urach (1170), Herbert Erhardt (1930), Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1581), and Carl Blechen (1798).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among photographers born in Germany, Erich Salomon ranks 9. Before him are Gunter Sachs (1932), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), August Sander (1876), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Andreas Gursky (1955), and Astrid Kirchherr (1938). After him are Gisèle Freund (1908), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), Lothar Wolleh (1930), Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897), Grete Stern (1904), and Heinrich Zille (1858).

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