# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-wallace-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:18:58.332Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-wallace-black"
name: "James Wallace Black"
slug: "james-wallace-black"
description: "James Wallace Black, known professionally as J.W. Black, was an early American photographer whose career was marked by experimentation and innovation."
tagline: "American photographer (1825–1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JW_Black_WilsonsPhotographicMagazine_1896.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1825-02-10"
deathDate: "1896-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.006552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جيمس والاس بلاك"
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    title: "جيمس والاس بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Wallace Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Wallace Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζέιμς Γουάλας Μπλακ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز والس بلک"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump