Richard Avedon

Richard Avadon was well know in the photography business for fashion and portraits. His fashion shoots seemed to have a lot of movement, this showed the fashion garments off on a new light as you could see how the material moved. It also created elegant photography like the garments themselves were dancing.

His portraits on the other hand seemed more striped back and simple. He often didn't use props but if he did it was just the one to help portray the subject. For example his use of props in these two photos portray the image of country kids witch may illude the look of a deprived childhood to the upperclass.





I don't think you could get this without the props. They would still have the dirty clothes and messy hair but the snake and the gun let you know a bit more into these children's lives. The young man on the left might have just been given his first gun from the way he is holding it. This might mean he is seen as a man in his dads eyes and feels hes son is old enough to go shooting with him.


The other side to Avadons portraits is capturing inner beauty of people. Like the image of Kate moss, she is completely stripped back from make up and hair appliances and it's just kate infront of the camera with no added extras. I also like that she isn't symmetrical and her face isn't technically pretty but I don't think that's what beauty is. I think beauty is about being unique and having imperfections is good and is what makes you stand out.





All photos are from google images
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=richard+avedon+portraits&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=qQufUqHgNei30QWd8oCoBQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=987