PORTRAITS Photographers

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