Farewell, Richard Avedon

[CarolynEC]

Richard Avedon, Dean of Photographers, Is Dead at 81
Richard Avedon redefined fashion photography as an art form
while achieving acclaim through black-and-white portraits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/arts/01WIRE-AVEDON.html?hp

[Itchinjim]

1. Bummer

He was an Artist.

[CarolynEC]

2. His photo of Marilyn Monroe. Wow.

[Wat_Tyler]

3. Damn.

[mac56]

4. I always liked his pictures of the Beatles.

[Lavender Brown]

7. I like the one he took of Ringo, holding a dove.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

5. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rest in Peace, maestro!!!!!!!!!!!!:cry:

[CarolynEC]

6. The official Richard Avedon site:

http://www.richardavedon.com/

Edited to add his portrait of JK:

[Fovea]

8. You beat me to it

good job.

[CarolynEC]

12. Thanks. He was an incredible talent

:cry:

[DS1]

9. Great picture

A lot of are, there's a Dylan one I'm particularly fond of. :(

[CarolynEC]

11. This one?

[DS1]

13. Yep, where are you finding all of these?

:shrug:

[CarolynEC]

15. A couple are from the Avedon site...

... but the Dylan photo, I just typed in "Avedon Dylan" at http://images.google.com

:)

[CarolynEC]

10. And who will ever forget this one:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. That used to hang in my bathroom!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

14. RIP..my all time favorite photographer

I had a huge version of his Lauren Hutton shot....