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Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon. COM 241 Photography I. About. 1923-2004 Born in NYC, started out as fashion photographer Worked for NY magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The New Yorker. “In the American West” considered Avedon’s magnum opus by some

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Richard Avedon

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  1. Richard Avedon COM 241 Photography I

  2. About • 1923-2004 • Born in NYC, started out as fashion photographer • Worked for NY magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The New Yorker

  3. “In the American West” considered Avedon’s magnum opus by some • Portraits of miners, oil field workers in their soiled work clothes, unemployed drifters, teenagers • Website: http://www.richardavedon.com/

  4. Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Paris, France 1955

  5. Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, 1981

  6. Marian Anderson, contralto, New York City, June 30, 1955 Truman Capote, 1974

  7. Ezra Pound, Poet, 1958

  8. Samuel Beckett

  9. Dwight David Eisenhower, President of the United States, 1964 Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII), 1957

  10. Cher on the cover of Time magazine, March 17, 1975

  11. Marilyn Monroe, actress , New York City, May 6, 1957

  12. Psychedelic portraits of The Beatles, 1967

  13. George Bush, Director, CIA, Langley, Virginia, March 2, 1976

  14. Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, Washington D.C., May 7, 1976

  15. Andy Warhol, artist , New York City, August 20, 1969

  16. Edward Albee, Playwright

  17. Michael Moore, Political Satirist

  18. “In the American West,” 1979-1984

  19. Sandra Bennett, twelve year old Rocky Ford, Colorado, 1980 Emma Lee Wellington, housewife North Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980

  20. Ruby Mercer, publicist, Frontier Days, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1982 Blue Cloud Wright, slaughterhouse worker, Omaha, Nebraska, 1979

  21. Boyd Fortin, Thirteen Year Old Rattlesnake Skinner, Sweetwater, TX, 1979 Roberto Lopez, oil field worker, Lyons, Texas, September 28, 1980

  22. James Kimberlin, drifter, 1980 Russell Laird, Tammy Baker, seventeen year olds, Sweetwater, Texas, 1979

  23. Ronald Fischer, beekeeper , Davis, California, May 9, 1981 Jan Patricio Lobato, carney Rocky Ford, Colorado, 1980

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