my favorite photographers

Richard Avedon

The reason why I admire the work of Richard Avedon is based on his technical and artistic expertise as a portraitist. I feel Avedon's greatest strength lies in his ability to capture expressive portraits using consistent lighting and framing in generally simplistic settings. In Avedon's images, because of his photographic style, his images consistently leap to life. His portraits are so much more than a captured moment in time; they are raw emotion.

"I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the "yes." I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us." - Richard Avedon