So I’ve been missing my weekly post quota since moving back to school. I figured I can relax a bit before getting blasted with school work. But I’ve been doing some work today, prepping for classes and renewing my photography club and I got buried in viewing one of my very favorite photographer’s websites, Richard Avedon. His portraits of people are just so oddly striking and captivating, I can’t help but be mesmerized by them.

His portfolio ranges from fashion photography in his early career, to capturing celebrities as “everyday” people. See this photo of Marilyn Monroe. In most photos, displayed as the happy famous celebrity. Here she seems dejected and depressed. Who else but Richard Avedon could capture this?

He could also make you just as interested in someone from the American West. This girl made it to the cover of his first edition book of his American West portfolio filled with people from the countryside and little towns.

And you might recognize these photos: