Ceal Ellison for Harper’s Bazaar, New York, May 9, 1956 #richardavedon @harpersbazaarus

Gloria Feldt, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and author of “The War on Choice”; Kim Gandy, President, National Organization for Women; Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation; Dolores Huerta, co-founder, United Farm Workers Union, Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, July 27, 2004 #richardavedon #gloriafeldt #kimgandy #eleanorsmeal #doloreshuerta

Today would have been Richard Avedon’s 96th birthday. Here he is in 1965 with Donyale Luna and Jean Shrimpton for @harpersbazaarus #richardavedon #donyaleluna #jeanshrimpton

Contessa Christina Paolozzi, June 10, 1960 #richardavedon #christinapaolozzi #unpublished

Malgosia Bela, hair by Julien d’Ys, makeup by Dick Page, New York, March 15, 2000 . #richardavedon #malgosiabela #juliendys #dickpage #unpublished #egoiste

Patricia Blake, coat by Traina-Norell, New York, March 11, 1949 #richardavedon #patriciablake @harpersbazaarus

Carmen de Lavallade, dancer, New York, December 17, 1964 #richardavedon @carmendelavallade @harpersbazaarus #unpublished

Prince, April 1995 #richardavedon #prince

Truman Capote, Garden City, Kansas, April 1960 #richardavedon #trumancapote #incoldblood

Joyce Carol Oates, New York, June 5, 1995 . . . #richardavedon #joycecaroloates #unpublished

Suzy Parker at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1951 #notredame #richardavedon #suzyparker

Audrey Hepburn as Jemima Jones, with Simone, Annette Stroyberg, and Mel Ferrer, in “Paris Pursuit”, Paris, c. August 1959 #richardavedon #audreyhepburn #annettestroyberg #melferrer #ParisPursuit @harpersbazaarus

Jean Shrimpton, dress by Saint-Laurent, Paris, July 28, 1965 #richardavedon #jeanshrimpton @ysl @harpersbazaarus #unpublished

Pat Cleveland, dress by Bill Blass, New York, March 15, 1977 . . . #richardavedon #patcleveland

Myrna Sandoval and her sister Claudia Sandoval, eighteen-year-old and fourteen-year-old, El Paso, Texas, April 20, 1982. . . . #richardavedon #intheamericanwest

Lauren Hutton, Great Exuma, October 1968 #richardavedon #laurenhutton @voguemagazine

Italy #9, Noto, Sicily, September 1947 #richardavedon #sicily

Twiggy as Spring for the “Four Seasons” published in Vogue, c. 1968 #richardavedon @twiggylawson #spring @voguemagazine #unpublished

Carla Bruni, Venice, August 31, 1991 #richardavedon @carlabruniofficial #egoiste #unpublished

Nadja Auermann, outfit by Thierry Mugler, New York, December 12, 1993 #richardavedon @nadjaauermann @muglerofficial

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