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I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible. . Also added a few new portraits in the Type55 section. I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible. .
Other photographs, however, may have been produced as "work for hire" and copyright may be held by the original client. Avedon is still in business and has expressed interest in the use of his images. In addition, privacy and publicity rights may apply to the portraits. ..
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. They were a few of the many personalities caught on film by photographer Richard Avedon. For more than fifty years, Richard Avedon's portraits have filled the pages of the country's finest magazines. His stark imagery and brilliant insight into his subjects' characters has made him one of the premier American portrait photographers. Upon his return in 1944, he found a job as a photographer in a department store.
Although he originally used out-of-door settings with models in motion, his later work is stark and known for its uncompromising realism. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exhibited his work in 1978. His books include Nothing Personal (1964), Portraits (1976), and In the American West (1985). In 1992 Avedon became the staff photographer for The New Yorker magazine. .
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