# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reid-blackburn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:55:06.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reid-blackburn"
name: "Reid Blackburn"
slug: "reid-blackburn"
description: "Reid Turner Blackburn was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens. A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper—the Vancouver, Washington The Columbian—as well as National Geographic magazine and the United States Geological Survey, he was caught at Coldwater Camp in the blast."
tagline: "American photographer (1952-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reid_Blackburn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1952-08-11"
deathDate: "1980-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.595552000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Reid Blackburn"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Blackburn"
    title: "Reid Blackburn"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Blackburn"
    title: "Reid Blackburn"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Blackburn"
    title: "Reid Blackburn"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Blackburn"
    title: "Reid Blackburn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump