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Oct 1, 2004 · Richard Avedon. American Photographer. Born: May 15, 1923 - New York City, New York. Died: October 1, 2004 - San Antonio, Texas. Movements and Styles: Modern Photography. , Straight Photography. , Documentary Photography. , Fashion Photography. "A portrait is not a likeness.
Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance.
After suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while on assignment for The New Yorker, Richard Avedon died in San Antonio, Texas on October 1, 2004. He established The Richard Avedon Foundation during his lifetime. The website of The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Richard Avedon (born May 15, 1923, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 1, 2004, San Antonio, Texas) was one of the leading mid-20th-century photographers, noted for his portraits and fashion photographs. Avedon began to explore photography on his own at age 10 and was immediately drawn to portraiture.
About. My photographs don’t go below the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues. —Richard Avedon. During a career that spanned nearly sixty years, Richard Avedon’s reportage, portraiture, and fashion work dissolved the lines between photographic genres and covered an enormous breadth of subjects.
Sep 11, 2005 · Born in New York in 1923, Richard Avedon dropped out of high school and joined the Merchant Marine’s photographic section. Upon his return in 1944, he found a job as a photographer in a...
Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor. Philip Gefter’s new biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most,” argues for Avedon’s place as one of the 20th century’s...
