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PHOTOGRAPHER

William Eggleston

1939 - Today

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William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Eggleston has received more than 633,426 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Eggleston is the 86th most popular photographer (down from 81st in 2019), the 5,632nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,705th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, William Eggleston ranks 86 out of 105. Before him are Spencer Tunick, Gertrude Käsebier, Bob Guccione, Karimeh Abbud, Alexandre Michon, and Adolfo Farsari. After him are Gaudenzio Marconi, Mario Testino, David Douglas Duncan, Roman Vishniac, František Drtikol, and Nick Ut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, William Eggleston ranks 308. Before him are Ron Atkinson, Bob James, Jaime Paz Zamora, Donald Adamson, Giorgio Ferrini, and Len Cariou. After him are Luigi Simoni, Franjo Gregurić, Robert Herbin, Wilhelmina Cooper, Joe Clark, and Charles Geschke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Eggleston ranks 5,632 out of 18,182. Before him are Betty Robinson (1911), Jeffrey Donovan (1968), Mitchell Leisen (1898), Walter Tewksbury (1876), Amber Valletta (1974), and Dexter Holland (1965). After him are Gordon Tullock (1922), Janet Reno (1938), Roy Thomas (1940), Richard S. Ewell (1817), Lana Parrilla (1977), and Wayne Rogers (1933).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, William Eggleston ranks 23. Before him are Herb Ritts (1952), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Wilson Bentley (1865), Spencer Tunick (1967), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), and Bob Guccione (1930). After him are David Douglas Duncan (1916), Garry Winogrand (1928), F. Holland Day (1864), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), and Sally Mann (1951).

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