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 Legalities of Photography

I've been a bit tardy in updating my blog, but I have been traveling quite a lot recently and it's certainly chewed up my free time.

Nonetheless, here is an interesting video from Darren Pollard on Youtube. Many photographers (and videographers) are unaware of their rights and surrender immediately upon a confrontation with the authorities. Darren Pollard is NOT one of these people. In this video, he stands his ground and asserts his rights against a couple of overzealous officers who should know better.



May favorite part is when he asks them "what section" when they claim his photography is an offence. This question should be burned into every shooters mind and asked whenever challenged about photographer in a public place. You need to either defind your rights or loose them, there is no middle ground.