Richard Avedon's images are something I look to for inspiration for my own portraits on the studio as he is photographing his subjects simply and plainly which is what I think looks best for studio portraiture. He describes his work on portraits by stating that he "was fascinated by photography's capacity for suggesting the personality and evoking the life of his subjects." and that he "registered poses, attitudes, hairstyles, clothing, and accessories as vital, revelatory elements of an image." which is what I think a portrait image is all about. Its about trying to get the viewer to understand the subject when they haven't even met the person. He was also quoted saying "My photographs don't go below the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues." relating again to how if you take a good portrait of someone, it gives you clues as to who they are as a person.
As I was looking through Avedon's website I four the image above which really stood out to me. I really like the layout of thins image as it is showing two images of the same person however his expression and stance are slightly different. I think this is a really interesting way to present portraits of the same person as you can make comparisons between the two and I think it can possibly make the viewer think of the subject in a different way.
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