Richard Avedon Documentary Answers

1. I can see what he means by complexity in Avedon's photos, by how every face is different with different light and shadow shows on the face.

2.What I think he was trying to achieve by having a white background so then you focus only on the face. As he said he was more fascinated by faces and the complexity of the face. To him, every face is a book to him and he's capturing a moment in that book.

3. My reflection on that statement is that once the photo is captured is stopped in time. It captures that moment in time, making stories/memories out of it


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