# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ming-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:56:08.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ming-smith"
name: "Ming Smith"
slug: "ming-smith"
description: "Ming Smith is an American photographer. She was the first African-American female photographer whose work was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City."
tagline: "African American photographer (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ming_Smith_at_Brooklyn_Museum_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1951"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.1
  momentum:             4.23913043478261
  historical:           5.082686666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mingsmithphoto.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Smith"
    title: "Ming Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "مينج سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Smithov%C3%A1"
    title: "Ming Smithová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dad76182-fa66-4583-b64b-94cc3cf7513d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Smith"
    title: "Ming Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Smith"
    title: "Ming Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28871212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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