Richard Avedon was a renown fashion and portrait photographer, born in New York in 1923, his mother and father owned clothing stores, they inspired him to pursue fashion. He was best known for capturing large scale character revealing portraits. He first began shooting for the Merchant Marines, after that he moved on to working in fashion, shooting for vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
Richard Avedon revolutionized the modeling industry by demanding models show real emotion and movement rather than the motionless blank expressions of which were the norm at the time. In 2004, Richard Avedon died, leaving behind a legacy that the world will never forget. |