# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-bischof
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:43:01.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-bischof"
name: "Werner Bischof"
slug: "werner-bischof"
description: "Werner Bischof was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1949, the first new photographer to join its original founders. Bischof's book Japan (1954) was awarded the Prix Nadar in 1955."
tagline: "Swiss photographer and photojournalist (1916–1954)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CH"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1916-04-26"
deathDate: "1954-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.258698940998487
  historical:           15.60119333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.wernerbischof.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump