RICHARD AVEDON AMERICAN FASHION AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER
BIOGRAPHY Richard Avedon was born on May 15, 1923 in New York City. Education: DeWitt Clinton High School His mother, came from a family of dress manufacturers, and his father, owned a clothing store called Avedon's Fifth Avenue. Richard Avedon passed away on October 1, 2004, while on assignment for The New Yorker in San Antonio, Texas. He was 81 years old.
BACKGROUND Inspired by his parents' clothing businesses, Avedon took a great interest in fashion, especially enjoying photographing the clothes in his father's store. Avedon enrolled at Columbia University to study philosophy and poetry. He dropped out after only one year to serve in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. He attended the New School for Social Research in New York City to study photography
BACKGROUND Throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s he created elegant black-and-white photographs showcasing the latest fashions in real-life settings From 1966 to 1990 he worked as a photographer for Vogue In 1959 he published a book of photographs, Observations, and in 1964 he published Nothing Personal, another collection of photographs.
STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: AMERICAN FASHION & PORTRAIT Gordon Stevenson, drifter, Interstate 90, Butte, Montana, August 25, 1982 James Kimberlin, drifter, State Road 18, Hobbs, New Mexico, October 7, 1980
STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: AMERICAN FASHION & PORTRAIT Dovima, pearls by Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, March 23, 1953 Elizabeth Taylor, Beverly Hills, California, April 21, 1956
STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: AMERICAN FASHION & PORTRAIT Simone D'Aillencourt, sunglasses by Courrèges, Paris, February 4,1965 Penelope Tree, mask by Ungaro, Paris, January 24, 1968
STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: AMERICAN FASHION & PORTRAIT Nadja Auermann, In Memory of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Comfort, Montauk, New York, August 1995
STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: AMERICAN FASHION & PORTRAIT The Dormouse, New York, November 16, 1970 Andrea D'Amato, student, Chimayó, New Mexico, April 3, 1980
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