# @drawingcenter on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BXGPAnth9Mn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16046689-drawingcenter-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/939ae0d2ca.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-07-28T16:44:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Drawing Center (@drawingcenter) — https://gondola.cc/drawingcenter

## Caption

Artists have a variety of methods to make their mark. Every Friday we will share a photograph of an #ArtistInAction. 
The man behind the camera, Richard Avedon, remains a legend in the fashion and portrait photography world. Born in New York City in 1923, Richard Avedon made a name for himself in fashion and photography, as well as in the New York social scene. While the artist is perhaps best known for his portraits of female icons like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, Avedon also spent a period of time photographing people around the American Midwest by driving around asking to take pictures. Avedon focused on the photographer’s role in a portrait; he questioned and challenged the idea of authenticity and candidness. Particularly when photographing strangers, he recognized that the portrayal of his subjects was more his own creation than a representation of their true character. “All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth,” Avedon would say. He was unique not only in his range of subjects, but also in his style of photographing fashion portraits. Avedon was known for incorporating some form of movement or action into a photograph, making the model and scene feel alive. After he died in 2004, his photography, as well his famous statements and beliefs on the practice, continued to influence the field. 
#RichardAvedon 
Photo of Richard Avedon, 1963, by Frank Horvat.

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artistinaction, richardavedon

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