Avedon Portraits

Avedon Portraits

In this assignment, we were tasked with trying to copy the style of Richard Avedon. He had a distinct style to capture raw emotion in portraits. To do this, he photographed only in black and white and showed only the subjects face in a square frame. He used a blank white background and rarely used props, so that the subject would stand out.  He also achieved this by making sure that his model didn't pose and looked directly at the camera.  In my photographs, my subjects were Danny and Ozzie. In each photo, I tried to capture genuine through their eyes.