Richard Avedon

If I had to give Richard Avedon a category it would probably be a Surrealist photographer based on his photograph of Ronald Fischer "Beekeeper".  I try to see things in a way that no one has ever has, based on light angle etc, when taking a photograph. Avedon takes this idea to a whole new level combining two seemingly ordinary things, bees and people in an everything but ordinary circumstance, creating an  uneasy reaction in the viewer. All of Avedon's other photos are interesting, capturing a moment that seems unscripted and candid, far from the expectation of what a perfect portrait should be. This makes the people in his photos seem more real with faults like the rest of us.