Richard Avedon (1923 - 2004) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Richard Avedon

Birth:	May 15, 1923
Death:	Oct. 1, 2004
Acclaimed Fashion and Portrait Photographer. Although he spent most of his 60-year career with the glamor magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, his most distinctive work can be found in his no-frills, black-and-white celebrity portraits. Among Avedon's most famous images: a supine Nastassia Kinski wearing only a python; a close-up of painter Andy Warhol's bullet-scarred torso; a Chanel-clad model cavorting with a pair of live elephants. Of his art Avedon once said, "All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth." A major retrospective of Avedon's photographs was held at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2002. He died at 81, after suffering a stroke. (bio by: Robert Edwards) Search Amazon for Richard Avedon

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Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Robert Edwards Record added: Oct 01, 2004 Find A Grave Memorial# 9538796