PHOTOGRAPHER

Lisette Model

1901 - 1983

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Lisette Model (born Elise Amelie Felicie Stern; November 10, 1901 – March 30, 1983) was an Austrian-born American photographer primarily known for the frank humanism of her street photography. A prolific photographer in the 1940s and a member of the New-York cooperative Photo League, she was published in PM's Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, and US Camera before taking up teaching in 1949 through the intermediary of Ansel Adams. She continued to photograph and taught at the New School for Social Research in New York from 1951 until her death in 1983 with many notable students, the most famous of whom was Diane Arbus. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and resides in several permanent collections, including that of the National Gallery of Canada, the J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lisette Model has received more than 119,974 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lisette Model is the 115th most popular photographer (down from 75th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from Austria (down from 679th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Photographer.

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  • 120k

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  • 54.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Lisette Model ranks 115 out of 148. Before her are Gaudenzio Marconi, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Bertha Valerius, Annemarie Heinrich, Lotte Jacobi, and Sabine Weiss. After her are Martha Cooper, Sally Mann, Rineke Dijkstra, Francesca Woodman, David LaChapelle, and Ellen von Unwerth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Lisette Model ranks 259. Before her are Casiano Chavarría, Mercedes Comaposada, Reinhold Mack, Cecília Meireles, Ramón J. Sender, and Syama Prasad Mukherjee. After her are Mildred Dunnock, Paul Yü Pin, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Erich Rademacher, Spyridon Marinatos, and Ernesto Chaparro. Among people deceased in 1983, Lisette Model ranks 192. Before her are Eugène Chaboud, Karandash, Adalberts Bubenko, José Bergamín, Nina Dumbadze, and Erik Ode. After her are Qiao Guanhua, Boris Hagelin, Eva Pawlik, Anton Buttigieg, Johan Richthoff, and Marjorie Cox Crawford.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Lisette Model ranks 906 out of 1,424. Before her are Othmar Schneider (1928), Hans Gál (1890), Helmut Zilk (1927), Reinhard Furrer (1940), Kurt Schmied (1926), and Károly Kós (1883). After her are Rudolph Schindler (1887), Marie Jahoda (1907), Rudolf Viertl (1902), Eva Pawlik (1927), Riane Eisler (1931), and Josef Hassmann (1910).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Austria

Among photographers born in Austria, Lisette Model ranks 2. Before her are Inge Morath (1923). After her are Willy Puchner (1952).

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