# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhael-subotzky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:23:19.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikhael-subotzky"
name: "Mikhael Subotzky"
slug: "mikhael-subotzky"
description: "Mikhael Subotzky is a South African artist based in Johannesburg. His installation, film, video and photographic work have been exhibited widely in museums and galleries, and received awards including the KLM Paul Huf Award, W. Eugene Smith Grant, Oskar Barnack Award and the Discovery Award at Rencontres d'Arles. He has published the books Beaufort West (2008), Retinal Shift (2012) and, with Patrick Waterhouse, Ponte City (2014). Subotzky is a member of Magnum Photos and his work is held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York."
tagline: "South African photographer (1981- )"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1981-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270770666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.subotzkystudio.com"
sources:
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    title: "Mikhael Subotzky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "ميخايل سوبوتزكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhael_Subotzky"
    title: "Mikhael Subotzky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhael_Subotzky"
    title: "Mikhael Subotzky"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhael_Subotzky"
    title: "Mikhael Subotzky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhael_Subotzky"
    title: "Mikhael Subotzky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18637934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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