Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Richard Avedon
Born: May 15, 1923
Died: October 1, 2004 (aged 81)
Bio: Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".
Known for:
- Richard Avedon Portraits (2002)
- An autobiography (1993)
- The sixties (1999)
- Evidence, 1944-1994 (1994)
- Performance