Richard Avedon

1. Richard Avedon By: Meredith Mitchell

2. 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

3. Education • YMHA Camera Club • Dewitt Clinton High School • Columbia University • Design Laboratory of the New School for Social Research

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Works

8. 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

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16. 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.

17. Bibliography • Google Images • “Biography.” Richardavedon. Richard Avedon Foundation, n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. <http://www.richardavedon.com/>. • Craven, Jo. “Who’s Who Richard Avedon.” Vogue.co.uk. Vogue, 11 May 2011. Web. 7 Oct. 2012. <http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/richard-avedon-biography>. • Grundberg, Andy. “Richard Avedon, the Eye of Fashion, Dies at 81.” New York Times [New York] 1 Oct. 2004: n. pag. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/arts/01CND-AVED.html?_r=0>. • “Richard Avedon.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Avedon>.

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