Richard Avedon(1923-2004)

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Richard Avedon at an event for The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993)

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Richard Avedon was born on 15 May 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director, known for Funny Face (1957), Chanel No. 5: Tomorrow's Woman (1966) and Gilda Live (1980). He was previously married to Evelyn Franklin and Doe Avedon. He died on 1 October 2004 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

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"Funny Face" Audrey Hepburn, Richard Avedon, Leonard Gershe, Stanley Donen, Roger Edens 1956 Paramount **I.V.

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Chanel No. 5: Tomorrow's Woman

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Gilda Live

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Agnelli
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- 2017
Cracked
- cover photograph: Vogue April 1986
- TV Series
- 2013
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
- photo supplier
- 1999
American Masters
- archive photos
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- TV Series
- 1995–1996
Gap-Toothed Women
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- 1987
Funny Face
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- 1957
General Electric Theater
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- 1956

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- Avedon
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- May 15, 1923
- New York City, New York, USA
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- October 1, 2004
- San Antonio, Texas, USA(complications from cerebral hemorrhage)
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Shot photos for Revlon's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements.
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Redefined fashion photography as an art form while achieving critical acclaim through his stark black-and-white portraits of the powerful and celebrated.

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If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible.

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