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Avedon Gets a Closeup
A definitive new retrospective at New York's ICP celebrates the life and legend of fashion photographer Richard Avedon.
Richard Avedon (1923-2004) started out as a photographer for the Merchant Marines in World War II, taking pictures of the crewmen with a Rolleiflex camera. Little did he know he would go on to revolutionize the world of fashion photography. After being discovered by the art director for Harper’s Bazaar in the 1950s, Avedon went on to take arresting photographs for that magazine, as well as Vogue and Life (he took most of Vogue’s covers in the ‘70s and ‘80s as the magazine’s lead photographer). His style was decidedly minimal—usually black and white and large format, putting his subjects at the center of each frame as a way of revealing aspects of their personalities and character. In 1992, he became the first staff photographer of The New Yorker, and has won the Priz Nadar and the Royal Photographic Society medal. In other words, he defined fashion photography as we know it. VIEW OUR GALLERY of upcoming works from the International Center for Photography’s Avedon retrospective, running from May 15-September 6 in New York.
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Paul Schrodt is a writer living in New York City. He has contributed to New York magazine, Radar, and Esquire.com.
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