2.  Mr. Yavno was born in New York on April 26,1911 and died 1985 and had one sister  He was married at 19 then Divorcedthree years later.  He was very Influenced by Edward Weston

3.  He was know for his Grayscale(Black and white)Pictures of the life in the streets in Los Angeles and San Francisco back in the 1940s

4.  He had abounded his personal work to do commercial photography

5. He had taken photos for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar

6. http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2008/ 08/max_yavno.php http://k-a-t-i-e-.tumblr.com/post/10815705424 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Yavno http://jankesnergallery.com/jkgartists/yav no-max.html