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PORTRAITS: PORTRAITS Great Photographers
RICHARD AVEDON: RICHARD AVEDON born in new york on may 15, 1923 of russian-jewish immigrant parents.
at age 17, avedon dropped out of high school and joined the merchant marine's photographic section,
upon his return in 1944, he found a job as a photographer in a department store.
Initially, avedon made his living primarily through work in advertising as a staff photographer for harper's bazaar and later for vogue
well known for his stylistically innovative fashion work, often set in vivid and surprising locales.
RICHARD AVEDON: RICHARD AVEDON Andy Warhol, artist, New York, 1969
Richard Avedon: Richard Avedon Nastassja Kinski, Vogue Magazine (1981)
Richard Avedon: Richard Avedon Henry Moore, sculptor, NYC 1963
Richard Avedon: Richard Avedon Boyd Fortin, Thirteen Year Old Boy, Sweetwater, TX 1979
Richard Avedon: Richard Avedon Cloud Wright, Slaughterhouse Worker, Omaha Nebraska, 1979
Richard Avedon: Richard Avedon Roberto Lopez, Oil Field Worker, Lyons, Texas, 1980
DIANE ARBUS: DIANE ARBUS March 1923-July 1971
Worked for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and Sunday Times magazines
Had several shows in big museums and even received a Guggenheim grant.
Committed suicide at age 48.
Diane Arbus: Diane Arbus Child with Toy Granade in Central Park, NYC 1962
Diane Arbus: Diane Arbus Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967
Diane Arbus: Diane Arbus Shiny Dress
Diane Arbus: Diane Arbus A Child Crying
Diane Arbus: Diane Arbus Girl, Locket
Nan Goldin: Nan Goldin Born in 1953
Worked in NYC after graduating from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Nan Goldin: Nan Goldin Nan, One month after being battered
Nan Goldin: Nan Goldin Kenny Putting on Makeup
Nan Goldin: Nan Goldin Jimmy Paulette after the Parade
Walker Evans: Walker Evans 1903-1975
Worked for the government during the depression using a large-format 8x10 camera
He took pictures all over the country, mostly of the poor
Walker Evans: Walker Evans Hale County Alabama, 1936
Walker Evans: Walker Evans Nettleton, Nebraska
Sally Mann: Sally Mann Shiva at Whistle Creek
Sally Mann: Sally Mann Candy Cigarette
Sally Mann: Sally Mann Untitled (from the Platinum Series)
Sally Mann: Sally Mann Night-blooming Cereus