Views on Château Lafite Rothschild - 2002

Richard Avedon was exposed to fashion and photography as a child. His father owned a ladies’ shop, his mother collected fashion magazines and took photographs. 

“Richard Avedon is interested in the ’emotional geography’ of the face and body.”

In 1942, he did his military service in the photo department of the US Merchant Marine. In 1945, he presented his portfolio to A. Brodovitch, art director of Harper’s Bazaar, who became his mentor. Avedon began a 20-year collaboration with the magazine. He went on to work for the major fashion houses (Egoïste, Look, Graphis), produced numerous advertising campaigns, and was seen as one of the most influential photographers of the 1950s.