One of his most iconic pieces is entitled вЂњDovima with ElephantsвЂќ, which includes the model wearing an elegant Dior gown while posing with two elephants at a circus. Richard AvedonвЂ™s controversial and provocative pictures challenged the traditional photography of his time, and helped turn photography into an expressive art form. Avedon had been married and divorced twice and is survived by his son, John, and four grandchildren. Avedon died on Octowhile on assignment for the New Yorker. After finishing his career at Vogue in 1990, Avedon became the first staff photographer of the New Yorker where he aspired to вЂњphotograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define the difference once againвЂќ. In addition to working in fashion and portraits, Avedon published over a dozen books including two of his most famous works, Observations and Nothing Personal, which contain collections of his photographs with commentary and essays from noteworthy colleagues. Martin Luther King, Jr., Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles, and President Eisenhower. He photographed countless icons such as Dr. In addition to his work in the fashion world, Avedon was a master in portraiture and worked in political photography as well. Avedon worked at HarperвЂ™s Bazaar for twenty years, and left to work for another notable fashion magazine, Vogue, where he remained for almost twenty-five years. Throughout the next ten years, he photographed the models out and about in the city of Paris, posing in places like cafes and streetcars. After a few years of photographing daily life in New York, Avedon was given the assignment of covering the notorious fashion week in Paris. The photographers quickly developed a close relationship and after one year of working together, Brodovitch hired him as staff photographer for the magazine. After fulfilling his military duties, Avedon attended the New School of Social Research to study under HarperвЂ™s BazaarвЂ™s art director, Alexey Brodovitch in1944. As a Marine, his primary duty was to photograph sailors for identification portraits. Avedon enrolled in Columbia University, but dropped out after one year to serve in the Merchant Marines during World War II. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School where he managed the schoolвЂ™s literary magazine, The Magpie, with fellow classmate and long time friend, James Baldwin. Born and raised in New York City by a family involved in the fashion world, Avedon took an interest in fashion and photography from an early age.

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