PHOTOGRAPHER

Paul Strand

1890 - 1976

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Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. In 1936, he helped found the Photo League, a cooperative of photographers who banded together around a range of common social and creative causes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Strand has received more than 365,247 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul Strand is the 43rd most popular photographer (down from 39th in 2019), the 2,929th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,686th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Paul Strand ranks 43 out of 148Before him are Wilhelm Brasse, Peter Lindbergh, Andreas Gursky, Philippe Halsman, Astrid Kirchherr, and Carl Van Vechten. After him are Josef Sudek, Oliviero Toscani, Hippolyte Bayard, Herb Ritts, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, and Patrick Demarchelier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Paul Strand ranks 94Before him are Rachel Bluwstein, Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, Claire Lee Chennault, Konstantin Melnikov, Matome Ugaki, and Johannes Vares. After him are Duke Kahanamoku, Robert Stroud, László Bárdossy, Mustafa Shokay, Louis Delluc, and Evert Taube. Among people deceased in 1976, Paul Strand ranks 90Before him are Henri Eberhardt, Freddie King, Rudolf Kempe, Mikhail Katukov, Mukaghali Makatayev, and Elihan Tore. After him are Howlin' Wolf, Josef Sudek, Grégoire Kayibanda, Oscar Bonavena, Tommy Bolin, and Evert Taube.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Strand ranks 2,929 out of 20,380Before him are Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), George Dewey (1837), Terry Bisson (1942), and Smokey Robinson (1940). After him are John Lasseter (1957), Ivy Lee (1877), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Bobby Riggs (1918), King Oliver (1881), and Bobby Darin (1936).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Paul Strand ranks 13Before him are Irving Penn (1917), Berenice Abbott (1898), Nan Goldin (1953), Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), and Carl Van Vechten (1880). After him are Herb Ritts (1952), William Klein (1928), Ansel Adams (1902), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Wilson Bentley (1865), and Helen Levitt (1913).