Richard Avedon: Video

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RICHARD AVEDON HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVESAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE CENTURY. HE HAS COMPASION AND ENERGY, HE PAYED ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO USUALLY DO NOT. HE WEN TO VIETNAM, THE STREETS, ANYWHERE WHERE HIS POLITICAL CONCERNS TOOK HIM. THIS LED HIM TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVRERSAL, BUT LOVED PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY WORLD.  

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THE PEOPLE HE TOOK PHOTOS OF SAID HE WAS JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE HE WAS. WHILE HE ASKED HIS MODELS TO (21:00) JUMP FOR THE PHOTO HE WOULD JUMP TOO! IN 1996 AVADON ACCEPTED A VOGUE OFFER. THE OFFER STARTED WHEN HE TOOK A PICTURE OF A MODEL WITH A SNAKE. HE CAPTURED THE PERFECT PHOTO AFTER WAITING 2 HOURS ON THE FLOOR WIAITING FOR THE PERFECT CAPTURE. WHEN THE SNAKE WENT UP HER BODY, HE TOOK THE PHOTO AND CAUGHT THE SNAKE LOOKING RIGHT AT HER WITH ITS TONGUE OUT. THE MODEL WAS ALSO NUDE IN THIS PHOTO. IT GAVE OFF A BEAUTIFUL, SENSUAL PHOTO THAT WAS ONE OF HIS MOST BEAUITUFL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE CAUGHT THE ONE TIME THE SNAKE KISSED HER EAR, THIS SOLD FOR 2 MILLION COPIES. EVERYONE SAID AFTER THIS HE WOULD RE-WRITE PHOTOGRAPHY BECAUSE OF HIS TALENT. (23:30) HE ENDED UP LEAVING VOGUE IN 1998, BUT THIS DID NOT STOP HIM IN FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY.