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It's photo day at the St. Ben's meal. A volunteer project called Help-Portrait Milwaukee has set up in a small room and is offering to snap a picture of anyone who wants one. No one knows how many takers to expect. "Many of the guests are very shy and suspicious of cameras and video cameras. I was not sure how this would be received," said Brother Dave Schwab, director of the nightly community meal downtown at 9th and State streets. He needn't have worried. People begin to file in. In turn they stand against a white wall with their toes...

Photographer Richard Avedon dead at 81 Friday, October 1, 2004 Posted: 2:04 PM EDT (1804 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- Richard Avedon, the revolutionary photographer who redefined fashion photography as an art form while achieving critical acclaim through his stark black-and-white portraits of the powerful and celebrated, died Friday. He was 81. Avedon suffered a brain hemorrhage last month while on assignment in San Antonio, Texas, for The New Yorker, taking pictures for a piece called "On Democracy." He spent months on the project, shooting politicians, delegates and citizens from around the country. He died at Methodist Hospital, said Perri...