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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 645,661 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Irving Penn is the 29th most popular photographer (down from 26th in 2019), the 2,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,793rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Irving Penn ranks 29 out of 105Before him are Richard Avedon, August Sander, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, and Peter Lindbergh. After him are Lewis Hine, Philippe Halsman, Yousuf Karsh, Jan Saudek, Guillermo Kahlo, and Edward Weston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Irving Penn ranks 89Before him are Buddy Rich, Alparslan Türkeş, Zhang Chunqiao, Asmahan, Nikolai Ogarkov, and Vera Lynn. After him are Otto Kittel, Giuseppe De Santis, Vasily Petrov, Maurice Trintignant, Yigael Yadin, and László Szabó. Among people deceased in 2009, Irving Penn ranks 68Before him are Arne Næss, Takashi Takabayashi, Sydney Chaplin, Shih Kien, Susan Atkins, and Israel Gelfand. After him are Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, James Whitmore, Jack Kemp, Ricardo Montalbán, Luís Cabral, and Achille Compagnoni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 2,007 out of 18,182Before him are Harlow Shapley (1885), George Lakoff (1941), John Landis (1950), Peter Criss (1945), Jim Henson (1936), and Jack Welch (1935). After him are Charles Sweeney (1919), Jim Parsons (1973), Megan Fox (1986), King Vidor (1894), Jamie Foxx (1967), and Ben Carson (1951).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 7Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Diane Arbus (1923), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Richard Avedon (1923), and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946). After him are Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), Berenice Abbott (1898), Paul Strand (1890), Carl Van Vechten (1880), and Ansel Adams (1902).