![]() In 1942 with his Rolleiflex camera he started working for Merchant Marines, photographing crewmen. Then he graduated and joined Columbia University for poetry and philosophy but dropped out after a year. He also became fond of poetry and in 1941 was given the title, Poet Laureate of New York High Schools. ![]() There he worked with the school’s newspaper The Magpie from 1937 to 1940. All these facets shaped Richard Avedon’s personal and professional life.Īvedon studied in Bedford Park in Bronx at DeWitt Clinton High School. His father was a disciplinary and his sister was although beautiful subject to photograph, she was suffering from schizophrenia. In order to explore things around him and to fulfill his desire of photography he used, a Kodak Box Brownie, family’s camera. As early as age 12, Avedon developed an interest in photography and so joined YMHA (Young Men’s Hebrew Association), a photographers society. His mother owned a apparel company and hence, encouraged Avedon’s love for art and fashion. ![]() Richard Avedon born in May 1923 in New York, was an American portrait and fashion photographer. ![]()
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