In Richard Avedon’s over 60-year career behind the camera, he became the pre-eminent fashion photographer and then one of the most famous photographic portraitists in the world ...

NEW YORK — When, in 1969, Richard Avedon decided to go big, he’d intuited that it was either that or, as they say, go home. Avedon had been working as a fashion photographer — arguably the ...

“ (re)Framing Conversations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, 1946-1965” is a Smithsonian exhibition that features portraits of celebrities.

Kate Moss and Richard Avedon in 1993. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Avedon passed away in 2004, but during his lifetime, he photographed stars, models and politicians.

Richard Avedon in 1968 was going through an artistic crisis. He needed a fresh start, with a new camera; he had to get out of New York; he needed to think bigger, in the most literal sense imaginable.

Richard Avedon at the Carter, an exhibition showcasing forty of Avedon’s groundbreaking portraits as well as archival photographs captured by artist Laura Wilson, will be on view May 18 - Aug. 10.

Sofia Coppola, Patti Smith, Barbara Bush, Pat Cleveland, and more celebrated the opening of the “Avedon 100” exhibition with a swanky soiree at the Top of the Standard.

COMMENTARY Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography Being the subject of Avedon's photographic scrutiny could be uncomfortable, especially if you've visibly aged By Rebecca Senf ...

Richard Avedon, Self-portrait, Provo, Utah, August 20, 1980. Courtesy of The Richard Avedon Foundation All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.

Avedon at Large “Richard Avedon: Murals” fills just one gallery of the Met, but “fills” is an understatement. These in-your-face, wall-engulfing portraits are a milestone in image-making.

Richard Avedon, stands next to his photograph of Sandra Bennett, part of his "In the American West" show at the Institute of Contemporary Art, 1987. Wendy Maeda/Globe staff/file 1987 ...

That talent is in evidence in “ (re)Framing Conversations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, 1946-1965,” an exhibition at the Smithsonian that will be on display until November.