The master in portrait photography is Richard Avedon (1923-2004). He used the camera as an all-terrain vehicle. The terrain he crossed was the human form, the social fabric and that permanent terra incoginita, the human face… As a portraitist, he brought us all down to earth. Read on an view a selection of his work at time.com
Richard Avedon passed away at the age of 81.
black and white photography 