PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophie Calle

1953 - Today

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Sophie Calle (French pronunciation: [sɔfi kal]; born 9 October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement known as Oulipo. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophie Calle has received more than 431,248 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sophie Calle is the 52nd most popular photographer, the 2,983rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,877th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Sophie Calle ranks 52 out of 148. Before her are Hippolyte Bayard, Herb Ritts, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Patrick Demarchelier, Daidō Moriyama, and Cecil Beaton. After her are Gustav Klutsis, Napoleon Sarony, Inge Morath, Kishin Shinoyama, Étienne Carjat, and William Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Sophie Calle ranks 139. Before her are Christoph Daum, Amy Irving, Tom Hulce, Otmar Hasler, Pavlo Lazarenko, and Chaka Khan. After her are Steve Bannon, Eric Tsang, Kumba Ialá, Leonel Fernández, José Costa, and Esther Hayut.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sophie Calle ranks 2,983 out of 6,770. Before her are Antoine de Chézy (1718), Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), Albert Robida (1848), Étienne Decroux (1898), Roberto Alagna (1963), and Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078). After her are Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825), Pierre Vernier (1580), Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950), Anne Jules de Noailles (1650), Émilie de Villeneuve (1811), and William IV, Count of Toulouse (1045).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In France

Among photographers born in France, Sophie Calle ranks 11. Before her are Elliott Erwitt (1928), Claude Cahun (1894), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Hippolyte Bayard (1801), André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), and Patrick Demarchelier (1943). After her are Étienne Carjat (1828), Guy Bourdin (1928), Marc Riboud (1923), Willy Ronis (1910), Hedi Slimane (1968), and Lucien Clergue (1934).

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