Images: Richard Avedon People

Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955 by Richard Avedon

Marian Anderson, contralto, New York, June 30, 1955 by Richard Avedon

New York Life #11, Central Park, New York City, November 17, 1949 by Richard Avedon

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, New York, May 8, 1957 by Richard Avedon

Chet Baker, singer, New York City, January 16, 1986 by Richard Avedon

Boyd Fortin, thirteen-year-old, Sweetwater, Texas, March 10, 1979 by Richard Avedon

Allen Ginsberg's family: Hannah (Honey) Litzby, aunt: Leo Litzby, uncle; Abe Ginsberg, uncle; Ann Ginsberg, aunt; Louis Ginsber, father; Eugeno Brooks, brother; Allen Ginsberg, poet; Anne Brooks, niece; Peter Brooks, nephew; Connie Brooks, sister-in-law; by Richard Avedon

Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg, poets, New York City by Richard Avedon

Abbie Hoffman, member of The Chicago Seven, Chicago by Richard Avedon

New York Life #5, Lower West Side, New York City, September 9, 1949 by Richard Avedon

Elizabeth Taylor, cock feathers by Anello of Emme, New York studio, July 1964 by Richard Avedon

Twiggy, dress by Roberto Rojas, New York studio by Richard Avedon

Andy Warhol, with Jay Johnson and Candy Darling, New York, August 20, 1969 by Richard Avedon

James Baldwin, writer, Harlem, New York 1945 by Richard Avedon