Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon was born on May 15th 1923 in New York City and had died on October 1st 2004 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born into a Jewish family, His father, Jacob Israel Avedon, was a Russian-born immigrant. Avedon’s interest in photography emerged when, at age 12, he joined a Young Men’s Hebrew Association Camera Club, He would use his family’s Kodak Box Brownie not only to feed his curiosity about the world, but also to retreat from his personal life. The photographer's first muse was his younger sister, Louise who had struggled with psychiatric treatment and was becoming withdrawn from reality and starting showing signs of schizophrenia.
He also photographed the Calvin Klein Jeans campaign featuring a fifteen-year-old Brooke Shields, as well as directing her in the accompanying television commercials.
He also photographed the Calvin Klein Jeans campaign featuring a fifteen-year-old Brooke Shields, as well as directing her in the accompanying television commercials.
"My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph."