RICHARD AVEDON (b. 1923) was the editor, with his classmate James Baldwin, of "The Magpie, the literary magazine at De Witt Clinton High School in the Bronx. In 1942 he joined the photography department of the U.S. merchant marine. He was a staff photographer at I>Harper's Bazaar (1951-1965) and "Vogue (1966-1988), and he collaborated with James Baldwin on "Nothing Personal (1964), a book about the civil rights movement. In 1992 he became the first staff photographer at "The New Yorker. DOON ARBUS (b. 1945) is the author of "Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, the Making of a Pl...