Dorian introduced Parker to her fashion-photographer friends, Irving Penn, Horst P. Horst, John Rawlings, and a young Richard Avedon. Parker became Avedon's muse, she said years later that "The only joy I ever got out of modeling was working with Dick Avedon."

The following is a small selection from the thousands of photographs that Richard Avedon took over the course of his sixty-year career. Avedon consistently worked across genres, encompassing portrait, reportage, and fashion photography. Click on an image for information about the photograph.

Title: Suzy Parker, Evening Dress by Dior, Paris Studio, August 1956. Artist: Richard Avedon (American, New York 1923–2004 San Antonio, Texas) Date: 1956, printed 1981. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: Image: 101.3 x 82.6 cm (39 7/8 x 32 1/2 in.) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1981. Object Number: 1981. ...

May 11, 2017 · Later, Leigh’s youngest sister, the willowy redhead Suzy Parker, whom Avedon initially deemed too conventionally pretty, would come alive in front of his camera to become one of the most ...

Starting in the late 1940s, Richard Avedon made innovative images of lively and glamorous models that revolutionized fashion photography. In 1956 he made this image of supermodel Suzy Parker in a Dior evening gown in a Paris studio.

Title: Suzy Parker, Evening Dress by Lanvin-Castillo, Café des Beaux-Arts, Paris, August 1956. Artist: Richard Avedon (American, New York 1923–2004 San Antonio, Texas) Date: 1956, printed 1978. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 45.5 x 36 cm (17 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Gift of Parfums Nina Ricci ...

RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) Suzy Parker, Evening dress by Dior, Paris studio, August, 1959 gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on linen, printed 1981 signed and numbered '11/25' in pencil, stamped photographer's copyright credit, title, date, and edition information (flush mount, verso) image/sheet/flush-mount: 40 x 32 1 ⁄ 2 in. (101.6 x 82. ...

RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) Suzy Parker and Gardner McKay, Dress by Balmain, Café des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1956

Richard Avedon (1923-2004) Suzy Parker, Evening Dress by Dior, Paris Studio, August 1956 gelatin silver print, printed 1981, flush-mounted on linen signed, numbered '5/25' in ink, titled, dated, stamped edition numbers and copyright credit (flush mount, verso) image/sheet/flush mount: 40 x 32 ½ in. (101.6 x 82.5 cm.)

Feb 5, 1995 · SHOWCASE about America's first internationally famous model, Suzy Parker. Four pages of photographs of Parker (all taken by Richard Avedon) accompany article.