Photographer
Richard Avedon
Photographed fashion with movement in it and then made In the American West, portraits of drifters and slaughterhouse workers against white paper.
Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".
- Born
- 1923-05-15, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 2004-10-01, San Antonio, Texas, USAA Friday, aged 81
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1923-05-15, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 23°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 20°43′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 10°45′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 22°51′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 19°55′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 12°48′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 14°11′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 16°58′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 15°28′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 9°35′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2004-10-01, San Antonio, Texas, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 8°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 16°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 5°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 27°40′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 3°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 1°25′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 26°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 3°32′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 12°44′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 19°49′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Richard Avedon was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
