My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A portrait isn't a fact but an opinion - an occasion rather than a truth. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
When you pose for a photograph, it's behind a smile that isn't yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
The way someone who's being photographed presents himself to the camera, and the effect of the photographer's response on that presence, is… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A portrait photographer depends upon another person to complete his picture. The subject imagined, which in a sense is me, must be… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Fashion is where I make my living. I'm not knocking it; it's a pleasure to make a living that way. Then there's… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he's being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my 'deeper' work. Fashion is where I make my living. I'm… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I'm holding… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work. — Richard Avedon Copy Share
I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
It's in trying to direct the traffic between Artiface [sic] and Candor, without being run over, that I'm confronted with the questions about photography… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. — Richard Avedon Copy Share
When I was a boy, my family took great care with our snapshots. We really planned them. We made compositions. We posed in front… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as… — Richard Avedon Copy Share
