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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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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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 by Richard Avedon avg rating 4.62 — 74 ratings — published 1985 4 editions |
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Woman in the Mirror: 1945-2004 by Richard Avedon avg rating 4.62 — 42 ratings — published 2005 |
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The Sixties by Richard Avedon, Doon Arbus avg rating 4.18 — 33 ratings — published 1999 2 editions |
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An Autobiography by Richard Avedon avg rating 4.58 — 24 ratings — published 1993 |
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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 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 by Richard Avedon avg rating 4.67 — 6 ratings — published 2001 2 editions |
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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 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
— Richard Avedon
"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
— 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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— Richard Avedon
