PHOTOGRAPHER

Lisette Model

1901 - 1983

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Lisette Model (born Elise Amelie Felicie Stern; November 10, 1901 – March 30, 1983) was an Austrian-born American photographer primarily known for the frank humanism of her street photography. A prolific photographer in the 1940s and a member of the New-York cooperative Photo League, she was published in PM's Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, and US Camera before taking up teaching in 1949 through the intermediary of Ansel Adams. She continued to photograph and taught at the New School for Social Research in New York from 1951 until her death in 1983 with many notable students, the most famous of whom was Diane Arbus. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and resides in several permanent collections, including that of the National Gallery of Canada, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lisette Model is the 123rd most popular photographer (down from 115th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from Austria (down from 906th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Lisette Model ranks 123 out of 148. Before her are Thomas Struth, Malick Sidibé, Mary Ellen Mark, Milton H. Greene, Zaida Ben-Yusuf, and F. Holland Day. After her are Toni Frissell, Françoise Demulder, Ilse Bing, Sally Mann, Frank Hurley, and Lola Álvarez Bravo.

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Among people born in 1901, Lisette Model ranks 290. Before her are Karandash, László Németh, Louis Kuehn, Victor Leemans, Muhammad Fareed Didi, and Casiano Chavarría. After her are Paul Verhoeven, Thomas Cooray, Alexis Chantraine, Felipe Molas López, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, and Georgy Ushakov. Among people deceased in 1983, Lisette Model ranks 221. Before her are Pat O'Brien, Qiao Guanhua, Bjarne Pettersen, Karandash, Eva Pawlik, and Kalevi Kotkas. After her are Tomás Ojeda, Jacqueline Logan, Pentti Saarikoski, Georges Spénale, Harish-Chandra, and Armand Lanoux.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Lisette Model ranks 957 out of 1,424. Before her are Reinhard Furrer (1940), Luise Fleck (1873), Eva Pawlik (1927), Franz Antel (1913), Hellmuth Marx (1915), and Hans Pesser (1911). After her are Käthe Leichter (1895), Eric Wolf (1923), Walter Rudin (1921), Johannes Hahn (1957), Franz Cisar (1908), and Stefan Ruzowitzky (1961).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Austria

Among photographers born in Austria, Lisette Model ranks 3. Before her are Inge Morath (1923), and Willy Puchner (1952).

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