PHOTOGRAPHER

Carl Van Vechten

1880 - 1964

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Carl Van Vechten (; June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. In his later years, he took up photography and took many portraits of notable people. Although he was married to women for most of his adult years, Van Vechten engaged in numerous affairs with other men during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Van Vechten is the 28th most popular photographer (up from 42nd in 2019), the 2,615th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,911th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Carl Van Vechten ranks 28 out of 148. Before him are Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Irving Penn, and André Kertész. After him are Nan Goldin, Guillermo Kahlo, Wilhelm Brasse, Roger Fenton, Étienne Carjat, and William Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Carl Van Vechten ranks 69. Before him are Ida Dalser, Mitsumasa Yonai, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Abram Ioffe, Robert Stolz, and Jacques Thibaud. After him are Charles Huntziger, Vasily Degtyaryov, Alexander Grin, Christabel Pankhurst, Una O'Connor, and Tod Browning. Among people deceased in 1964, Carl Van Vechten ranks 56. Before him are Flannery O'Connor, August Sander, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Bechara El Khoury, Patrick Ryan, and Andriy Melnyk. After him are Mikhail Larionov, Hinrich Lohse, Veit Harlan, Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Pierre Monteux, and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Van Vechten ranks 2,615 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Biehn (1956), Michael W. Young (1949), Debra Winger (1955), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Upton Sinclair (1878), and Jason Bateman (1969). After him are Donna Murphy (1959), Frank Borman (1928), William Carlos Williams (1883), Danny Elfman (1953), Cardi B (1992), and John Harvey Kellogg (1852).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Carl Van Vechten ranks 7. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), and Irving Penn (1917). After him are Nan Goldin (1953), William Klein (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), Lewis Hine (1874), and Edward Weston (1886).

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