Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon is one of my favorite photographers.
The clip below is from a show at the International Center of Photography, called "Through the Eyes of Richard Avedon". The clip includes comments from the curators of the show and mentions a few things I did not know about Richard Avedon's Career.
For example, Harper's Bazaar had a policy that they would not use photographers non-Caucasians in the magazine - ever. Well, Avedon threatened to quit unless that used a Portuguese-Chinese model he liked. He, of course, followed this with an African-American model and thus started the trend of matching the ethic background mix of the public in the magazine.
I wish I could see the show in NYC, but I am not traveling for a little bit. Hopefully, someone will report back on the show.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/05/13/fashion/20090514-avedon-feature/index.html
The clip below is from a show at the International Center of Photography, called "Through the Eyes of Richard Avedon". The clip includes comments from the curators of the show and mentions a few things I did not know about Richard Avedon's Career.
For example, Harper's Bazaar had a policy that they would not use photographers non-Caucasians in the magazine - ever. Well, Avedon threatened to quit unless that used a Portuguese-Chinese model he liked. He, of course, followed this with an African-American model and thus started the trend of matching the ethic background mix of the public in the magazine.
I wish I could see the show in NYC, but I am not traveling for a little bit. Hopefully, someone will report back on the show.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/05/13/fashion/20090514-avedon-feature/index.html
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