How many pictures have you torn up because you hate them? What ends up in your scrapbook? The pictures where you look like a good guy and a good family man, and the children look adorable - and they're screaming the next minute. I've never seen a family album of screaming people. Richard Avedon adorablealbumchild share on social
I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone. Richard Avedon cameraeyehate Change image and share on social
My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read. Richard Avedon cribfairhouse Change image and share on social
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. Richard Avedon peoplephotographportrait Change image and share on social
There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work. Richard Avedon calldeepfashion Change image and share on social
Real people move, they bear with them the element of time. It is this fourth dimension of people that I try to capture in a photograph. Richard Avedon bearcapturedimension Change image and share on social
Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me. Richard Avedon picture Change image and share on social
People - running from unhappiness, hiding in power - are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs. Richard Avedon ambitionbeliefhide Change image and share on social
People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion. Richard Avedon beautyconfusionillness Change image and share on social
Faces are the ledgers of our experience. Richard Avedon experiencefaceledger Change image and share on social
