To the centenary of Richard Avedon Richard Avedon. Self -portrait He was, simply put, the most famous photographer in the world. His pictures are the icons of his time. By them we judge the era, without even noticing it. As one critic said, the photos of Avedon became “mental furniture”. He furnished our memory, forming that gallery of celebrities, without which there would be no modern culture. You know everyone here, and exactly as they were captured by Avedon. This cannot be bored.