# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-levitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:57:32.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-levitt"
name: "Helen Levitt"
slug: "helen-levitt"
description: "Helen Levitt was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. David Levi Strauss described her as \"the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time.\""
tagline: "American photographer (1913-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Self_portrait_of_Helen_Levitt.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1913-08-31"
deathDate: "2009-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.501170960187352
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump