Richard avedon death

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Richard Avedon is considered one of the greatest photographers of all time. In a career spanning 50 years, Avedon revolutionized fashion photography and achieved critical acclaim through his black-and-white character-revealing portraits. He was known for breaking photographic boundaries in the fashion and political world. Like all our Profile articles, this is quite a long read around 25 minutes.

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Thank you for your support. Richard Avedon was best known for his work in the fashion world and his minimalist portraits. Instead, he enlivened his models, introducing a sense of movement, emotion, and spontaneity into his photos. In his portraits, his trademark was to present his sitters in full frontal view against a white background.

There is no distraction or context in his pictures, other than the features and expression of the face itself. His photographic style has been widely imitated by many photographers. Generations of models have been photographed against seamless white backdrops or sat pensively in cafes, whilst pretending to be in love or alone — all because of Avedon.