Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".
Avedon in 2004
The cover of Avedon's book In the American West (1985)
Fashion photography is a genre of photography that portrays clothing and other fashion items. This sometimes includes haute couture garments. It typically consists of a fashion photographer taking pictures of a dressed model in a photographic studio or an outside setting. It originated from the clothing and fashion industries, and while some fashion photography has been elevated as art, it is still primarily used commercially for clothing, perfumes and beauty products.
Photoshoot in Tehran, Iran (2018)
The Countess in a photo by Pierre-Louise Pierson (c. 1863/66)
Actress Helen Lee Worthing, by Baron Adolph de Meyer, Vogue (US), December 1919
Fashion photograph by Toni Frissell, 1949