Quotes About Avedon

American 'Vogue' and the Versace campaign by Richard Avedon were huge for me. It put me on the map.

Having worked with so many of the geniuses, I'd learned so much. It's the best sort of photography school, to work with people like Penn or Avedon or Meisel.

Avedon wouldn't let me put wax between my teeth like I usually did.

I think about a Richard Avedon photo series, the kind of faces he gets of real people, which I find so captivating. Fellini was also great in filling his films with this ambiance, this environment, sometimes chaotic and carnival-like, but people's faces were always amazing.