Richard Avedon

"I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the "yes." I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us." 
- Richard Avedon, 1994

He's definitely an inspiration

Named one of the most influential people in fashion

A minimalist approach

His photos are about the individual

Raw and real

Creating some form of a connection

Between the subject, viewer and photographer

Beautiful beautiful stuff

A selection of his "dance" portraits

'Cuz I'm kinda obsessed with dance

Dancing is such a passionate art

To capture it 

To bottle it up in a single image

That can be held forever

Enticing

. . . 

"When the sitting is over, I feel kind of embarrassed about what we’ve shared. It’s so intense. Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I’m holding my own body or my own hands exactly like the person I’m photographing. I never knew I did that, and obviously what I’m doing is trying to feel, actually physically feel, the way he or she feels at the moment I’m photographing them in order to deepen the sense of connection."

-Richard Avedon, 1985