Richard Avedon photographs are some of the beautiful works because of how his subjects always standing out whether if its there expressions or their body language. Avedon’s portrait style of work is black and white on a white background which shows a lot of contrast in his subjects. Jonathan Mannion is a photographer for hip hop for two decades now. He photographs rappers, artists, designers, and actors. Most of Mannion’s portrait work style is in color and black and white. Which is similar to Avedon’s style. For example, Mannion uses some techniques that he learned from Avedon which is shown in his portrait of Jay Z. He photographs  Jay z in front of a light background which made him standout because of the contrast. Most of his portraits are high in contrast and his subjects also standout like Avedon’s style.