In 1944 Avedon attended the New School for Social Research in New York to study photography with Al

Hi girls! as you are? First of all tell you that I made a tiny change in the blog, I added a menu bar so that you might see entries organized by category in fashion magazine and so will be more rapid and orderly access the content you want. Today's post is a little different. As photography in fashion magazine at its best I love I decided that from now on, the weekend will devote a small hole in the great photographers blog to those who in one way or another are linked with fashion. So to start I leave you with one of my favorite photographers, which I have dwelt silliness over the post ... I leave you with the official website if you want to take a look, hope you like it! www.richardavedon.com in fashion magazine
Richard Avedon was born on May 15, 1923 in New York City. Inspired by clothing companies from their parents, as a child Avedon took a keen interest in fashion, especially enjoyed photographing in fashion magazine the clothes in the store of his father.
He enrolled at Columbia University to study philosophy and poetry. However, a year later (in 1942-1944), retired for service in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II, and began his career as a photographer, in fashion magazine in which his role was to take identity photographs of members of crews, using a Rolleiflex.
In 1944 Avedon attended the New School for Social Research in New York to study photography with Alexey Brodovitch, art director of Harper's Bazaar. Avedon and form a close bond Brodovitch, Avedon and a year later was hired as a photographer for the magazine.
After several in fashion magazine years photographing everyday life in New York City, Avedon was assigned to cover the spring-fall collections in Paris. While the legendary editor Carmel Snow covered the parades, the task of Avedon was photographing models wearing the new collection parade through the city streets.
Avedon left Harper's Bazaar in 1965, and from 1966-1990 will work as a photographer for Vogue's main rival among American fashion magazines. Continue pushing the limits of fashion photography, in which the main elements in fashion magazine are listed provocation, nudity, violence and death.
Avedon became the first staff photographer in fashion magazine in the history of The New Yorker leaving unfinished his latest project, a portfolio, "Democracy", which included portraits of political leaders such as Karl Rove and John Kerry, as well as ordinary citizens involved in political and social activism.
Richard Avedon died on October 1, 2004, while working for The New Yorker, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 81 years old. It was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, expanded the genre of photography fashion photography with his surreal and provocative as well as his portraits, that bared souls of the people he portrayed.
Avedon was so dominant cultural force that inspired the classic 1957 film Funny Face, and indeed always believed that his life story is best told through his photographs: "Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me . My concern is ... the human condition, and only what I consider the human condition can simply be mine. " I hope you liked it! We read!
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