Catherine Opie
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Catherine Opie is an American fine-art photographer renowned for her powerful portraits and documentary-style images exploring identity, community, and the American social landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catherine Opie canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2644613 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Opie Context triple: [California Institute of the Arts, hasAlumnus, Catherine Opie]
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A.
Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin is an American photographer renowned for her intimate, candid portraits and diaristic documentation of LGBTQ+ communities, relationships, and the AIDS crisis.
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B.
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and conceptual artist renowned for her staged self-portraits that critically explore identity, gender, and representation in contemporary culture.
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C.
Sherrie Levine
Sherrie Levine is an American conceptual artist best known for her appropriation works that challenge ideas of originality, authorship, and authenticity in art.
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D.
Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing is a British conceptual artist known for her candid, often unsettling explorations of identity, confession, and public versus private selves through photography and video.
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E.
Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe was an influential American photographer renowned for his stylized black-and-white portraits, nudes, and provocative explorations of sexuality and identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Opie Target entity description: Catherine Opie is an American fine-art photographer renowned for her powerful portraits and documentary-style images exploring identity, community, and the American social landscape.
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A.
Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin is an American photographer renowned for her intimate, candid portraits and diaristic documentation of LGBTQ+ communities, relationships, and the AIDS crisis.
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B.
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and conceptual artist renowned for her staged self-portraits that critically explore identity, gender, and representation in contemporary culture.
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C.
Sherrie Levine
Sherrie Levine is an American conceptual artist best known for her appropriation works that challenge ideas of originality, authorship, and authenticity in art.
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D.
Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing is a British conceptual artist known for her candid, often unsettling explorations of identity, confession, and public versus private selves through photography and video.
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E.
Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe was an influential American photographer renowned for his stylized black-and-white portraits, nudes, and provocative explorations of sexuality and identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fine-art photographer
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human ⓘ photographer ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of the Arts
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San Francisco Art Institute ⓘ
linked to:
California School of Fine Arts
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| employer | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| familyName | Opie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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documentary photography ⓘ fine-art photography ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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documentary photography ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ |
| givenName | Catherine ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
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linked to:
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ Walker Art Center ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
black-and-white photographs
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large-scale color photographs ⓘ photographic series ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American urban landscapes
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gender ⓘ identity ⓘ queer communities ⓘ subcultures in the United States ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary photography ⓘ |
| name | Catherine Opie ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
LGBTQ+ representation in photography
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depictions of the American social landscape ⓘ documentary-style images ⓘ explorations of community ⓘ explorations of identity ⓘ portraiture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
photographic series on American domestic spaces
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photographic series on American freeways ⓘ series of portraits of LGBTQ+ communities ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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photographer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sandusky, Ohio, United States
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linked to:
Sandusky, Ohio
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| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Catherine Opie Description of subject: Catherine Opie is an American fine-art photographer renowned for her powerful portraits and documentary-style images exploring identity, community, and the American social landscape.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.