RICHARD AVEDON BY: MEREDITH MITCHELL

MEET RICHARD Born May 15, 1923 in New York City Died October 1, 2004 Parents – Jacob Israel and Anna Avedon Russian Jewish origin Married twice

Dorcas Marie Nowell Evelyn Franklin

EDUCATION YMHA Camera Club Dewitt Clinton High School Columbia University Design Laboratory of the New

School for Social Research

EMPLOYMENT 1942 – Merchant Marine 1945 – Opened his own studio; Staff photographer at

Harper’s Bazaar 1949 – Staff editor and photographer at Theater Arts 1965 – Left Harper’s Bazaar 1963 – Photographed Civil Rights Movement 1966 – Staff photographer at Vogue Advertising and broadcast for Versace, Calvin Klein, and

Revlon 1992 – 1st staff photographer at The New Yorker

AWARDS 1950 – Art Directors Club - Highest Achievement Medal 1982 – Art Directors Club - Hall of Fame 1989 – Council of Fashion Designers of America - Lifetime Achievement Award 1993 – International Center of Photography - Master of Photography 1994 – Bibliotheque Nationale - Evidence wins Prix Nadar 2003 – Royal Photographic Society 150th Anniversary Medal

EXHIBITS 1978 – MET - "Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977" 1985 – Amon Carter Museum - "In the American West" 1994 – Whiney Museum of American Art - "Richard Avedon Evidence 1944-1994" 2009 – International Center of Photography - showed largest survey of his work (1944-2000) 2009 – Corcoran Gallery of Art was the first to show his collection of political portraits

WORKS

TRENDS Action Very clear Capture the essence of the person “My photographs don’t go below the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues.” Avedon

FAMOUS WORK

FAMOUS WORK

FAMOUS WORK

FAMOUS WORK

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LESS FAMOUS WORK

POLITICAL

EXPLANATIONS Why I chose Richard Avedon

I have admired Avedon’s work for years. His ability to capture motion and feeling is extraordionary. His work is crucial to modern day fashion photography.

Why people like Richard Avedon When you see Avedon’s portraits you feel like you realy know

the subject of the photograph. I believe people appreciate the feeling of when you look at a portrait you aren’t simply seeing someone posing, but being themselves.

How Avedon’s work could be used in other contemporary media

Avedon’s work could be used in many ways. It could be used in collages or even film.

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