Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon is the best-known and most influential fashion photographer in history. He was born in New York in 1923, and after studying photography at the New School during the late 1940s, he spent 20 years as a photographer for Harper's Bazaar, creating many signature images that remain recognizable to this day. He also worked for Vogue and contributed photographs to publications such as Look and Life. Avedon died in 2004 after recent exhibitions at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Fraenkel Gallery, San Fransico. The Richard Avedon Foundation was established in 2005.Avedon, Richard is the author of 'Richard Avedon', published 2007 under ISBN 9788791607493 and ISBN 8791607493.