Celebrate the famed photographer on his birthday with a look back at his most iconic unpublished imagery.&nbsp;

The cliche &ldquo;the camera never lies,&rdquo; is joyfully contradicted by Richard Avedon&rsquo;s photography. An American fashion, portrait, and political <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/giovanni-gastel-dies-coronavirus-italian-photographer-barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photographer</a>, Avedon once said to the <a href="https://iphf.org/inductees/richard-avedon/">International Photography Hall of Fame</a>: &ldquo;There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.&rdquo; This sentiment has been echoed by other photographic thought leaders like Susan Sontag in her 1977 essay collection On Photography, and is what differentiates Avedon&rsquo;s photographic style from that of his peers.&nbsp;&nbsp;
While pre-Avedon fashion photography imagined women as aloof and austere, the revolutionary creator sought to invent a more exciting, inviting, and ultimately more human woman. Ironically, the personalities and narratives of his models were almost always a greater reflection of the photographer himself than of his subjects. From <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/audrey-hepburn-givenchy-little-black-dress-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Audrey Hepburn</a>, to <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/elizabeth-taylor-jewelry-diamonds-cartier-bulgari" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Taylor</a>, Twiggy, <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/remembering-marilyn-monroe-fashion-legacy%20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marilyn Monroe</a>, and so many more, there is hardly a female star dead or alive Avedon hasn&rsquo;t worked with.&nbsp;
In honor of his birthday this year, L&rsquo;OFFICIEL rounds up his best unpublished works you might have missed.

On of the earliest ever supermodels: American model Dorian Leigh photographed in 1951.

Writer and early feminist Dorothy Parker photographed with her French poodle, Cliché, in New York on June 17, 1958.

American rock 'n' roll singer and dancer best known for popularizing "the Twist," Chubby Checker photographed with his managers Kal Mann and Henry Colt on March 25, 1963. 

American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, photographed in New York on December 7, 1966.

Audrey Hepburn photographed on the set of “Funny Face," in June 1956.

Marilyn Monroe photographed in New York on July 2, 1958.

Jenny Shawles, Gabe Miller, Dan Chayefsky, and other, unidentified members of Students for Political Action photographed in New York on September 30, 1969.

American supermodel and actress Donyale Luna photographed in New York on December 1, 1965.

Grammy-winning African American singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist Lena Horne, photographed in New York on March 22, 1982.

Malgosia Bela, photographed with hair done by Julien d’Ys and makeup by Dick Page in New York on March 15, 2000.

10 of Richard Avedon's Best Unpublished Photos

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