You can't get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface. You can only get beyond the surface by working with the surface. All that you can do is manipulate that surface-gesture, costume,… — 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 Image
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 Image
There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
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