Richard Avedon





Richard Avedon

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born
May 15, 1923

died
October 01, 2004

gender
male

place of birth
New York, New York, The United States

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genre
Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs


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Richard Avedon was an American photographer. Avedon capitalized on his early success in fashion photography and expanded into the realm of fine art.




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avg rating: 4.43 | 315 ratings | 37 reviews | 32 distinct works | 1 fan
Richard Avedon Portraits Richard Avedon Portraits
by Richard Avedon, Maria Morris Hambourg, Mia Fineman
avg rating 4.41 — 80 ratings — published 1976
3 editions
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In the American West In the American West
by Richard Avedon
avg rating 4.62 — 74 ratings — published 1985
4 editions
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Woman in the Mirror: 1945-2004 Woman in the Mirror: 1945-2004
by Richard Avedon
avg rating 4.62 — 42 ratings — published 2005
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The Sixties The Sixties
by Richard Avedon, Doon Arbus
avg rating 4.18 — 33 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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An Autobiography An Autobiography
by Richard Avedon
avg rating 4.58 — 24 ratings — published 1993
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The Kennedys: Portrait of a Fa... The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family
by Richard Avedon, Shannon Thomas Perich
avg rating 3.80 — 20 ratings — published 2007
3 editions
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Evidence 1944 - 1994 Evidence 1944 - 1994
by Richard Avedon, Adam Gopnik, Jane Livingston
avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 1994
2 editions
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Richard Avedon: Made in France Richard Avedon: Made in France
by Richard Avedon
avg rating 4.67 — 6 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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Avedon--photographs,1947-1977 Avedon--photographs,1947-1977
by Richard Avedon
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 1978
2 editions
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Alice in Wonderland: The Formi... Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company and the Making of a Play.
by Richard Avedon
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1973
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"A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. "
Richard Avedon
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"We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be.--PERFORMANCE"
Richard Avedon
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"There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.
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Richard Avedon
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