PHOTOGRAPHER

Richard Avedon

1923 - 2004

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Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Avedon has received more than 1,382,037 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Richard Avedon is the 23rd most popular photographer, the 1,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,758th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Photographer.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Richard Avedon ranks 23 out of 148. Before him are Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassaï, Annie Leibovitz, Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz, and Josef Koudelka. After him are August Sander, Yousuf Karsh, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, Irving Penn, and Berenice Abbott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Richard Avedon ranks 81. Before him are Hwang Jang-yop, Leonid Gaidai, Reinhart Koselleck, André Courrèges, Ernest Mandel, and Alicia de Larrocha. After him are Hank Williams, Zarifa Aliyeva, Ousmane Sembène, Valentina Cortese, André Gorz, and Richard Pipes. Among people deceased in 2004, Richard Avedon ranks 66. Before him are Philip Abelson, Saizo Saito, Johnny Ramone, John Charles, Roque Máspoli, and Marika Rökk. After him are Lennart Bernadotte, Raymond Goethals, Philippe de Broca, Tom Wesselmann, Frances Shand Kydd, and Thanom Kittikachorn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Avedon ranks 1,882 out of 20,380. Before him are Betty Grable (1916), Carson McCullers (1917), Tony Shalhoub (1953), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), Richard R. Schrock (1945), and Jack Daniel (1850). After him are Stanley Kramer (1913), Angie Dickinson (1931), Hank Williams (1923), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), Jeff Kinney (1971), and Brad Davis (1949).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Richard Avedon ranks 5. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Diane Arbus (1923), and Alfred Stieglitz (1864). After him are Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Irving Penn (1917), Berenice Abbott (1898), Nan Goldin (1953), Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), and Carl Van Vechten (1880).

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