• Richard Avedon

    Richard Avedon Biography

    Richard Avedon was an iconic American photographer whose work significantly influenced the realms of fashion, portraiture, and fine art photography. Born in New York City in 1923, his interest in photography began at an early age when he joined the Young Men’s Hebrew Association camera club when he was twelve years old.

     

    In 1942 Avedon joined the armed forces during World War II. It was there he served as Photographer’s Mate Second Class in the U.S. Merchant Marine. His time there played a crucial role in shaping his early photography career. Avedon mentions, “My job was...

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  • Ruth Bernhard

    Ruth Bernhard Biography Ruth Bernhard, a German-born American photographer, began her artistic career at the Berlin Academy of Arts in 1925. After two years of studying at the Berlin Academy of Arts, Bernhard moved to New York, New York to live with her graphic designer father, Lucian Bernhard. It was there she landed a job as a darkroom assistant to Ralph Steiner, head of the photography department for Delineator magazine. While her role as the darkroom assistant to Steiner was brief, she eventually found herself making her first camera equipment purchase shortly after, beginning her journey in freelance photography.

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  • Loretta Lux

    Loretta Lux Biography

    Trained as a painter, Loretta Lux began experimenting with photography in 1999 and has since become known for her uncanny photographs of children. Her young subjects range in age from two to nine and are the sons and daughters of her friends. She dresses them in 1970s vintage clothing and poses them precisely; they appear inscrutable, poised between knowingness and innocence. “My work isn’t about these children,” she once explained. “You can recognize them, but they are alienated from their real appearance—I use them as a metaphor for innocence and a lost paradise.” Using Photoshop to manipulate...

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