Richard avedon photography

Somehow, the name Richard Avedon always rings a bell. He's known equally for his eerie portrait of the bee-covered man, and the iconic fashion photo of supermodel Dovima with elephants. The former was part of a documentary project on the American ...

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Uma Thurman, actor, New York, February 23, 1996

Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer born on May 15, 1923. According to an obituary published in the New York Times

The 21-year-old ingenue’s newly shorn hair communicated a fresh fearlessness in a portfolio by Richard Avedon. Never mind the barbed reader mail.

Sophia is wearing a hand-painted papier-maché earring designed by Chrystya Olenska for Hattie Carnegie.

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Audrey Hepburn Veruschka von Lehndorff Diana Vreeland, Dovima and Richard Avedon Twiggy, Andy Warhol Nastassja Kinski Sophia Loren Isabella Rossellini Ingrid Boulting Patti Smith Marella Agnelli Veruschka von Lehndorff Liz Pringle Stephanie Seymour Patti Hansen Sunny Hartnett Marilyn Monroe John…

The Richard Avedon Foundation on Instagram: “Paul McCartney, as astronaut, The Beatles, with Jean Shrimpton, London, January 26, 1965 #richardavedon @paulmccartney #thebeatles…”