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"  From the time Richard Avedon began creating fashion portfolios for Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar at the age of 22, his photographs intoxicated our readers with his signature cocktail of chic insouciance and boundless vitality.  Born in New York City to a retailing family, Avedon grew up with Bazaar in his home. After serving as a photographer in the U.S. Merchant Marine for two years, he promptly found his mentor in art director Alexey Brodovitch, who, with editor in chief Carmel Snow, hired him as a staff photographer in 1945. Avedon&amp;#039;s women leaped off curbs, roller-skated on the Place de la Concorde, and kicked up their heels in nightclubs, animated by the freedom of the postwar era, the frivolity of youth, and the fabulousness of fashion. He was immortalized in the 1957 film Funny Face by the character Dick Avery (played by Fred Astaire), who asked, &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s wrong with bringing out a girl who has character, spirit, and intelligence?&amp;quot; During his 20-year career at Bazaar (he left in 1965), Avedon always did just that.  SEE LOOKBOOK: BAZAAR 140TH: THROUGH THE YEARS "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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