Richard Avedon is one of the most well-known and successful photographers ever.

 

He is perhaps known best for his work in the fashion world but eventually produced fine art work. He set up his own studio in 1946 and started creating work for magazines such as Vogue and Life. From 1973 to 1988 he was lead photographer for Vogue.

 

As well as his fashion work, Avedon took a political interested and shot images of the Civil rights movement in America in the 60's, protesters of the Vietnam war and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

 

Avedon developed a minimalist portraiture style that is very popular today, where he utilizes a white background and has the subject look squarely into the lens.

 

Hepburn was Avedon's muse in the 1950s and 60s, and he went so far as to say "I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She is already there. I can only record. I cannot interpret her. There is no going further than who she is. She has achieved in herself her ultimate portrait." Source: Wikipedia

 

I'm a huge fan of his work, I love the natural (high) class that he brings to each shot; he shows, to me, that simplicity is key and that the most important thing is to capture emotion in the subject to create emotion in the viewer.

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