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PHOTOGRAPHER

Helen Levitt

1913 - 2009

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Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Levitt has received more than 220,490 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Helen Levitt is the 105th most popular photographer (down from 70th in 2019), the 7,227th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,913th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Photographer.

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  • 220k

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  • 45.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Helen Levitt ranks 105 out of 105Before her are Lola Álvarez Bravo, Malick Sidibé, Hedi Slimane, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Ilse Bing, and Sally Mann. After her are Annemarie Heinrich, Bert Stern, Francesca Woodman, Mick Rock, Karl Struss, and Rineke Dijkstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Helen Levitt ranks 256Before her are Joe Kelly, Cornelius Johnson, Andor Földes, Nikolay Latyshev, Marc Davis, and Sverre Hansen. After her are Josef Stroh, Jiří Weiss, Per Borten, Dave Albritton, Ted Grant, and Anna Lee. Among people deceased in 2009, Helen Levitt ranks 256Before her are Olja Ivanjicki, Roger Planchon, Ingemar Johansson, Lei Clijsters, John Keel, and Umberto Betti. After her are Lloyd Ruby, Rose Friedman, Idea Vilariño, Alfred Hrdlicka, Milan Rúfus, and Jean Margéot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Levitt ranks 7,227 out of 18,182Before her are James G. Blaine (1830), Maggie Wheeler (1961), Corey Feldman (1971), Richard Tyson (1956), Alan Crosland (1894), and Jackie DeShannon (1941). After her are Dave Weckl (1960), Landon Donovan (1982), Doc Rivers (1961), Hailee Steinfeld (1996), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), and Jake E. Lee (1957).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Helen Levitt ranks 30Before her are David Douglas Duncan (1916), Garry Winogrand (1928), F. Holland Day (1864), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), and Sally Mann (1951). After her are Bert Stern (1929), Francesca Woodman (1958), Karl Struss (1886), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), David LaChapelle (1963), and Sean Flynn (1941).