Richard Avedon Inspired

             Richard Avedon was born on May 15, 1923 in New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in new Your city where he began his interest in fashion and photography aside from photography he enjoyed poetry. During his senior year he was named "Poet Laureate of Nw York High schools" He served as a Merchant Marine during WWII.His main duty was taking identification portraits of soldiers. Later in his life he served as a photographer for Harper's Bazaar for 20 years. Other than being known for his fashion, he was well known gor his portraiture. He based sever of his photographs in black and white. Richard Avedon later past away on October 1, 2004 at the age of 81. He is one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century
            My group was inspired by Richard Avedon for his great portraits in which he captured. His style of his photography in spired us greatly and the way he focused his pictures on black and white.

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