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 – 1 st 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 "  1985 – Amon Carter Museum - "In the American West"  1994 – Whiney Museum of American Art - "Richard Avedon Evidence "  2009 – International Center of Photography - showed largest survey of his work ( )  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

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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY  Google Images  “Biography.” Richardavedon. Richard Avedon Foundation, n.d. Web. 2 Oct  Craven, Jo. “Who’s Who Richard Avedon.” Vogue.co.uk. Vogue, 11 May Web. 7 Oct  Grundberg, Andy. “Richard Avedon, the Eye of Fashion, Dies at 81.” New York Times [New York] 1 Oct. 2004: n. pag. Web. 4 Oct  “Richard Avedon.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Web. 2 Oct

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