Richard Avedon

(1923-2004)

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. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".

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Projects

Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 8/23/80, 1980
In the American West

Working-class individuals from the American West, stripped of environmental context by a stark white backdrop.

Books

In the American West
  • Thames & Hudson, 1985
In the American West
  • Abrams, 2025
Richard Avedon. Evidence, 1944-1994
  • Schirmer/Mosel, 1994
Richard Avedon, Portraits
  • Abrams, 2002