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Avedon applied his quintessential portrait formula—centered closely on the face of his sitter in a flat light against a simple backdrop, framed by the harsh black border of the negative—to his ill and aging father.
Avedon applied his quintessential portrait formula—centered closely on the face of his sitter in a flat light against a simple backdrop, framed by the harsh black border of the negative—to his ill and aging father.
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Apr 8, 2011 · A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he’s being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he’s wearing or how he looks. He’s implicated in what’s happening, and he as a certain real power over the result.
The eight portraits were the final collaboration of their fifty-year relationship, as Jacob Israel Avedon, who was cognizant of his imminent demise, allowed his son to photograph his final illness and death in the last eighteen months of his life. See More. Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, 1975.
- Childhood
- Early Period
- Mature Period
- Later Period
- The Legacy of Richard Avedon
Born in New York City, Richard Avedon, always known by family and friends as "Dick," was the son of Russian-Jewish parents, Jacob and Anna Avedon. His exposure to fashion and photography began at an early age. Since his father owned a women's specialty clothing store on Fifth Avenue, he was often present when representatives from upscale fashion ma...
After the end of World War II, Avedon returned home with plans to become a professional photographer. Using some of his photos published in The Helm, he convinced the hugely influential art director for Harper's Bazaar, Alexey Brodovich, to let him study photography at his Design Laboratory of the New School of Social Research. Avedon's photography...
One year after his divorce from Doe in 1949, Avedon's sister, Louise, experienced a serious relapse. She had been working in Avedon's studio but suddenly stopped speaking and became nearly catatonic. She was hospitalized and spent the remainder of her life in mental institutions before she died at age 42. In 1951, Avedon met and married Evelyn Fran...
In 1981, Avedon produced another one of his most memorable and controversial portraits. The heralded actress, Nastassja Kinski, at the time best known for her starring role in Roman Polanski's Academy Award-winning film Tess(1979), posed nude for Avedon. Evidently, the pregnant Nastassja lay on the cold concrete floor of the studio for nearly two h...
Avedon's brash, youthful, and iconoclastic entry into the genre of fashion photography signaled a point of no return: no longer were fashion models frozen in time, statue-like, and imperturbable. Rather, they were living, moving, imperfect beings however beautiful. He imposed simple narratives so that the viewers and consumers could invest as much ...
- American
- May 15, 1923
- New York City, New York
- October 1, 2004
May 15, 1971 · Title: Jacob Israel Avedon, Businessman, Sarasota, Florida. Artist: Richard Avedon (American, New York 1923–2004 San Antonio, Texas) Date: May 15, 1971. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: Image: 35.6 x 35.6cm (14 x 14in.) Frame: 55.9 x 55.9 cm (22 x 22 in.) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2002. Accession ...
May 1–Jun 16, 1974.
