Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon
Avedon in 2004
Born(1923-05-15)May 15, 1923
DiedOctober 1, 2004(2004-10-01) (aged 81)
Alma materThe New School for Social Research
Spouses
(m. 1944; div. 1949)
    Evelyn Franklin
    (m. 1951)
    Children1
    RelativesMichael Avedon (grandson)

    Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".