Todd Webb
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Todd Webb was an American photographer known for his mid-20th-century documentary images of everyday urban and rural life, particularly his postwar New York City street scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Todd Webb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11435135 — 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: Todd Webb Context triple: [Standard Oil documentary photography project, employedPhotographer, Todd Webb]
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A.
Stan Webb
Stan Webb is an English blues guitarist and singer best known as the frontman of the band Chicken Shack and a key figure in the British blues boom.
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B.
Stan Webb
Stan Webb is a film editor known for his work on the animated musical fantasy film "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
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C.
Jeremy Weber
Jeremy Weber is a character in the 1987 horror film "A Return to Salem's Lot," which continues the vampire-themed story set in Stephen King's fictional town of Salem's Lot.
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D.
Jason Weaver
Jason Weaver is an American actor and singer best known for roles in projects like "The Lion King," "Smart Guy," and various film and television productions.
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E.
Simon Dermott
Simon Dermott is the charming, clever art expert and thief portrayed by Peter O’Toole in the 1966 heist comedy film "How to Steal a Million."
- 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: Todd Webb Target entity description: Todd Webb was an American photographer known for his mid-20th-century documentary images of everyday urban and rural life, particularly his postwar New York City street scenes.
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A.
Stan Webb
Stan Webb is an English blues guitarist and singer best known as the frontman of the band Chicken Shack and a key figure in the British blues boom.
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B.
Stan Webb
Stan Webb is a film editor known for his work on the animated musical fantasy film "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
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C.
Jeremy Weber
Jeremy Weber is a character in the 1987 horror film "A Return to Salem's Lot," which continues the vampire-themed story set in Stephen King's fictional town of Salem's Lot.
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D.
Jason Weaver
Jason Weaver is an American actor and singer best known for roles in projects like "The Lion King," "Smart Guy," and various film and television productions.
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E.
Simon Dermott
Simon Dermott is the charming, clever art expert and thief portrayed by Peter O’Toole in the 1966 heist comedy film "How to Steal a Million."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photographer
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human ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
documentary representation of everyday life
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rural photography ⓘ urban photography ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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street photography ⓘ |
| hasCreativeFocus |
everyday rural scenes
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everyday urban scenes ⓘ postwar city life ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | street photography in the United States ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later documentary photographers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
black-and-white documentary photography
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mid-20th-century documentary images of everyday life ⓘ postwar New York City street scenes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
photographs of everyday urban life
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photographs of rural American life ⓘ post-World War II New York City photographs ⓘ |
| occupation | photographer ⓘ |
| partOf | American photographic tradition ⓘ |
| subjectOf | exhibitions of mid-20th-century American photography ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Todd Webb Description of subject: Todd Webb was an American photographer known for his mid-20th-century documentary images of everyday urban and rural life, particularly his postwar New York City street scenes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.