# John Cohen

> John Cohen was an American musician, photographer and film maker who performed and documented the traditional music of the rural South and played a major role in the American folk music revival. In the 1950s and 60s, Cohen was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers, a New York-based string band. Cohen made several expeditions to Peru to film and record the traditional culture of the Q'ero, an indigenous people. Cohen was also a professor of visual arts at SUNY Purchase College for 25 years.

*American photographer and folk singer (1932-2019)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-cohen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1932-08-02
- **Died:** 2019-09-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John Cohen was an American musician, photographer and film maker who performed and documented the traditional music of the rural South and played a major role in the American folk music revival. In the 1950s and 60s, Cohen was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers, a New York-based string band. Cohen made several expeditions to Peru to film and record the traditional culture of the Q'ero, an indigenous people. Cohen was also a professor of visual arts at SUNY Purchase College for 25 years.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169508/ (@nm0169508)
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.johncohenworks.com/

## Sources
- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531027)
- [John Cohen (musician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cohen_(musician))
- [جون كوهن (مصور)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1))
- [جون كوهن](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86)
- [Ioannes Cohen (musicus)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Cohen_(musicus))
- [جان کوهن (مزقون‌چی)](https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86%E2%80%8C%DA%86%DB%8C))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8aa9c0a0-88eb-47ba-85e4-3989523e8f90)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/809777)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6226559)

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