"The companion to Avedon's spectacular An Autobiography, this definitive account of the life and work of photographer Richard Avedon is published to coincide with a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City with over 500 photos.
Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. 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"."
