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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 still resides in several permanent collections, including that of the National Gallery of Canada and the J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lisette Model has received more than 111,258 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lisette Model is the 75th most popular photographer, the 683rd most popular biography from Austria and the 3rd most popular Austrian Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

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  • 49.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Lisette Model ranks 75 out of 105Before her are Herb Ritts, Imogen Cunningham, Grete Stern, David Bailey, Heinrich Zille, and Lothar Wolleh. After her are Wilson Bentley, Abbas, Weegee, Willy Ronis, Spencer Tunick, and Gertrude Käsebier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Lisette Model ranks 172Before her are Gustav Knuth, René Dubos, Umberto Caligaris, Yuliya Solntseva, Andrée Brunet, and Willy Fritsch. After her are Alberto Hurtado, Henri Sauguet, Ernest Nagel, Arne Borg, Xu Xiangqian, and Fernando Tambroni. Among people deceased in 1983, Lisette Model ranks 129Before her are Rudolf Wolters, Nichita Stănescu, Burrill Bernard Crohn, John Williams, Musine Kokalari, and Antonin Magne. After her are Louise Weiss, Semyon Ignatyev, Edward Lawry Norton, Arvīds Pelše, Mykola Bazhan, and John Bodkin Adams.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Lisette Model ranks 683 out of 1,237Before her are Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Theodor Wagner (1927), Johann Michael Vogl (1768), Karl H. Pribram (1919), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915), and Alfred Riedl (1949). After her are Ignaz von Seyfried (1776), Joseph Schildkraut (1896), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), Harald Reinl (1908), Theodore Bikel (1924), and Karl Markovics (1963).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Austria

Among photographers born in Austria, Lisette Model ranks 3Before her are Brassaï (1899) and Inge Morath (1923). After her are Willy Puchner (1952).