# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-penson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:05.622Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-penson"
name: "Max Penson"
slug: "max-penson"
description: "Max Zakharovich Penson was a Russian-Jewish photojournalist and photographer of the Soviet Union noted for his photographs of Uzbekistan. Max Penson is one of the most prominent representatives of Uzbek and Soviet-era photography, especially Russian avant-garde, revered by prominent figures like Sergei Eisenstein. Penson's works have been featured in exhibitions across the globe, sponsored by the likes of Roman Abramovich and New York's MoMA."
tagline: "Russian photographer (1893–1959)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Max_Zakharovich_Penson.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1893-03-17"
deathDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.68
  momentum:             2.4
  historical:           6.807344000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maks_Penson"
    title: "Maks Penson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ماكس پينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Макс Захаравіч Пенсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Penson"
    title: "Max Penson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Penson"
    title: "Max Penson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Penson"
    title: "Max Penson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "מקס פנסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Пенсон, Макс Захарович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2028521"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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