# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lai-afong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:15:43.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lai-afong"
name: "Lai Afong"
slug: "lai-afong"
description: "Lai Afong or Lai Fong was a Chinese photographer who established Afong Studio, considered to be the most successful photographic studio in the late Qing dynasty. He is widely acknowledged as the most significant Chinese photographer of the nineteenth century."
tagline: "Chinese photographer pioneer in 19th century (1839–1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lai-Afong-portrait-%26-autograph%2C-c1870.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1839"
deathDate: "1890-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.71
  momentum:             0.8179959100204499
  historical:           4.438088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "لاى افونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Afong"
    title: "Lai Afong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Afong"
    title: "Lai Afong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%8E%E8%8A%B3"
    title: "黎芳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%8E%E8%8A%B3_(%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E5%B8%AB)"
    title: "黎芳 (攝影師)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19361378"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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