1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1923–2004 · UNITED STATES
Richard Avedon
Stark white-background portraits and kinetic fashion photography.
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2004
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1955Dovima with Elephants
- 1985In the American West
WHY THEY MATTER
Leading fashion and portrait photographer for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue; retrospectives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney.
THE LIFE
Avedon made his name in fashion at Harper's Bazaar and later Vogue, bringing movement and emotion to the pages. His portraits, usually against a blank white backdrop, stripped sitters down to face and gesture. His project In the American West portrayed drifters, miners and workers at large scale. He was the first staff photographer of The New Yorker.
WHAT THEY SHOT WITH
8x10 view camera
Also born in 1900–1929
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Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
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Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
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Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
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Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia