She is a hero of mine so that was easy.

Well, that's how the game works.

Who is it?

Damn! Looks like I don't have any heroes at all.

I need a clue.

me, too

Me too ~ again, I know I've seen that face before but I have no clue where/why ~

Sooz

You may be familiar with his work for Rolling Stone

I'm ready with clue number 2- just say the word.

the word

He is usually on the other end of the camera-

Portrait photographer known for his large portraits of working people, hobos, miners, inmates and mental patients, in addition to his Rolling Stone covers including Natassia Kinski wearing a python.

Richard Avedon?

Yes it is! Great job, Jeanne.

Good one, Jeanne. I was totally stumped by that one.

I have one little suggestion. Why don't we post a short bio of each person after they are identified? We can learn a little along the way.

I think that's a good idea, Roseanne.

http://www.biography.com/people/richard ... 034?page=1

There's a very impressive biography at the link. Not much is said about the period of time Avedon spent wandering around the American West, photographing miners, inmates, hobos, and mental patients in large, front face portraits where his subjects are often looking straight into the camera. I was deeply affected when I attended his show "Portraits of the Ameican West" at Boston's ICA in the eighties.

Thanks queen. I was very interested in the Portriats of the American West, so I found this for anyone curious:

http://www.richardavedon.com/index.php# ... 7&a=0&at=0

This from the linked biography and sent me on another search:

Avedon served as a staff photographer for Harper's Bazaar for 20 years, from 1945 to 1965. In addition to his fashion photography, he was also well known for his portraiture. His black-and-white portraits were remarkable for capturing the essential humanity and vulnerability lurking in such larger-than-life figures as President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan and The Beatles. During the 1960s, Avedon also expanded into more explicitly political photography. He did portraits of civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Julian Bond, as well as segregationists such as Alabama Governor George Wallace, and ordinary people involved in demonstrations. In 1969, he shot a series of Vietnam War portraits that included the Chicago Seven, American soldiers and Vietnamese napalm victims.


Here are some of those:


http://www.richardavedon.com/index.php# ... 4&a=2&at=0

What a very talented, diverse photographer!

Who is this? ~ Sooz

Marilyn Monroe.

Good job, John ~ I actually didn't believe it when I first saw the caption ~

Sooz

Amy Goodman?