My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read.
Richard AvedonCamera lies all the time. Itโs all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead of this moment, when youโฆ the moment youโve made a choice, youโre lying about something larger. Lying is an ugly word. I donโt mean lying. But any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same.
Richard AvedonThe moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.
Richard AvedonMarilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and more comfortable in front of the camera than away from it.
Richard Avedon