Richard Avedon has distinguished himself as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. His work has changed the language of both fashion and portrait photography. Mr. Avedon first made his name in Harper’s Bazaar, where he was staff photographer from 1945-1965. In addition, he documented the civil rights movement in the South and photographed antiwar protesters in the U.S. and military leaders and war victims in Vietnam. He remains one of the leading fashion photographers in America, and his portrait work constitutes a modern-day pantheon of artistic, intellectual, and political figures of the twentieth century.