Richard Avedon was born in New York City to a Jewish family. Avedon was 12 when he joined the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) Camera Club. Avedon won many awards for his photography, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1989. On October 1, 2004, Avedon died in a San Antonio, Texas hospital of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was in San Antonio shooting an assignment for The New Yorker. At the time of his death, he was also working on a new project titled Democracy to focus on the run-up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election. He was a great person and took amazing photo's.
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