PHOTOGRAPHER

Philippe Halsman

1906 - 1979

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Philippe Halsman (Latvian: Filips Halsmans; German: Philipp Halsmann; 2 May 1906 – 25 June 1979) was an American portrait photographer. He was born in Riga in the part of the Russian Empire which later became Latvia, and died in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Halsman is the 45th most popular photographer (down from 40th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Philippe Halsman ranks 45 out of 148. Before him are Astrid Kirchherr, David Bailey, Berenice Abbott, Lewis Hine, Andreas Gursky, and Jan Saudek. After him are Daidō Moriyama, Inge Morath, Gisèle Freund, Edward Weston, Claude Cahun, and Jacques Henri Lartigue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Philippe Halsman ranks 121. Before him are Enrico Mattei, Paolo Stoppa, Wilhelm Boger, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Wolf Albach-Retty, and Denis de Rougemont. After him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Musa Cälil, Franz Waxman, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, and Jean Dieudonné. Among people deceased in 1979, Philippe Halsman ranks 86. Before him are Jan de Klerk, Santos Urdinarán, Jacques Mesrine, Larisa Shepitko, Helmut Hasse, and Ahmad Zahir. After him are Yvonne de Gaulle, Antonio Caggiano, Waldemar de Brito, Dolores Costello, Teruo Nakamura, and Katharine Burr Blodgett.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Philippe Halsman ranks 57 out of 323. Before him are Pēteris Stučka (1865), Maria Amalia of Courland (1653), Aspazija (1865), Friedrich Kettler (1569), Max Weinreich (1894), and Gustavs Zemgals (1871). After him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Alberts Kviesis (1881), Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903), Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Maria Skobtsova (1891), and Paulinho (null).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Latvia

Among photographers born in Latvia, Philippe Halsman ranks 1. 

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