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DAY 147 | FASHION & BEAUTY |
Influential Fashion Photographers—Past
RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) AND IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
“If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.”—Richard Avedon
Avedon began his career in advertising and quickly moved to a 50-year reign as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar’s fashion and celebrity portrait photographer. His minimalistic style of brightly lighted subjects in studio, squarely facing the camera on white backgrounds, defines his early work. His contribution to the fashion industry came ...
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