PHOTOGRAPHER

Irving Penn

1917 - 2009

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Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Penn has received more than 699,476 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Irving Penn is the 28th most popular photographer (up from 29th in 2019), the 2,335th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,006th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Irving Penn ranks 28 out of 148. Before him are Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Yousuf Karsh, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Roger Fenton. After him are Berenice Abbott, Jan Saudek, Nan Goldin, Guillermo Kahlo, Claude Cahun, and Edward Weston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Irving Penn ranks 100. Before him are Harold Garfinkel, Augusto Roa Bastos, Buddy Rich, Charlotte Salomon, Jânio Quadros, and Urie Bronfenbrenner. After him are Vasily Petrov, Erich Rudorffer, Luis Carniglia, John Connally, Sameera Moussa, and Giuseppe De Santis. Among people deceased in 2009, Irving Penn ranks 85. Before him are Tavo Burat, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Tomohiko Ikoma, Augusto Boal, Lino Lacedelli, and Pat Hingle. After him are Claude Berri, Ernst Barkmann, James Whitmore, Willy DeVille, Manea Mănescu, and Edward Schillebeeckx.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 2,335 out of 20,380. Before him are John Adams (1947), Henry H. Arnold (1886), Clifford Odets (1906), Jim Hines (1946), Anne Sexton (1928), and Walker Evans (1903). After him are Jerome Powell (1953), Robert Ballard (1942), William F. Sharpe (1934), Justin Timberlake (1981), William Moulton Marston (1893), and Danny Kaye (1911).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 7. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946). After him are Berenice Abbott (1898), Nan Goldin (1953), Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), Carl Van Vechten (1880), and Paul Strand (1890).

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