# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hedgecoe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:36:47.548Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hedgecoe"
name: "John Hedgecoe"
slug: "john-hedgecoe"
description: "John Hedgecoe was a British photographer and author of over 30 books on photography. He established the photography department in 1965 at the Royal College of Art, where he was Professor from 1975 to 1994 and Professor Emeritus until his death. He was also Pro-Rector of the college from 1981 to 1994. His photographs appear in permanent collections at the New York Museum of Modern Art and London's National Portrait Gallery."
tagline: "British photographer (1932–2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1932-03-24"
deathDate: "2010-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.3
  momentum:             1.636363636363636
  historical:           7.675450666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3394545"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%83"
    title: "Джон Хеджкоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hedgecoe"
    title: "John Hedgecoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hedgecoe"
    title: "John Hedgecoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hedgecoe"
    title: "John Hedgecoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hedgecoe"
    title: "John Hedgecoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%83"
    title: "Джон Геджкоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Hedgecoe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9ab70f82-1721-4c43-a4fe-efa304017a3d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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