Sunday 24 January 2010

RICHARD AVEDON

RICHARD AVEDON WAS AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER MAINLY FOCUSING ON FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY HOWEVER, IN HIS LATER YEARS HE VENTURED INTO FINE ART. MY FAVOURITE THING ABOUT AVEDONS WORK IS HIS USE OF MOVEMENT WITHIN QUITE A LOT OF HIS IMAGES. WHETHER HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE STUDIO OR OUT ON LOCATION HE MANAGED TO BRING MOVEMENT TO HIS IMAGES. I LIKE THE THOUGHT THAT THE WORLD IS ALWAYS MOVING AND CHANGING YET BY TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH YOU ARE FREEZING A MOMENT IN TIME FOREVER. THIS IS THE THOUGHT THAT RICHARD AVEDONS WORK GIVES ME AND FOR THIS REASON I AM A FAN.


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