Overexposed

(Kudos to Craig Barker)

The f stop flu continues to plague the world’s photographers, this time claiming Richard Avedon at the age of 81. Avedon joins Francesco Scavullo, who died in January at 82, Helmut Newton, who died in January at 83 and Henri Cartier-Bresson, who died in August at 95. Best known for his unflattering black-and-white images of such stars as Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford which were considered high art, Avedon also covered the unflattering side of America, captured gritty images of the civil rights movement in the U.S. and the anti-Vietnam war movement, and was chronicling the upcoming election from the perspective of the poor in San Antonio when he suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage.