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Celebrate the Richard Avedon Centennial πŸŽ‚πŸ’―
πŸ“· Irving Penn, Vogue, August 23, 1993
"He was small, dark & electric with his own sort of vitality. Crackling. Sparks seem to fly out of him. He flashes his fingers like tiny rapid moths."
- Ginette Spanier Image
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Carson McCullers & Tennessee Williams, April 25, 1950
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Buster Keaton, 1952
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
John Ford, Bel Air, California
April 11, 1972
@MuseumModernArt
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Two shots of Stephen Sondheim, from July 10, 1961 & April 6, 2004
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Aretha Franklin, 1968
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
W. H. Auden in St. Mark's Place in Manhattan, 1960.
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Read about this photo in Geoff Dyer's essay "On Avedon":
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Gloria Vanderbilt, 1953
"Avedon was so important to me in my life. Not only as a friend, but what he gave me, what he did for me. I was kind of trying to get it all together, and he was one of the people to help me do it." Image
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Elton John & Kristen McMenamy for Gianni Versace, 1997
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James Stevenson
@NewYorker, November 1, 1976
"Edgar just had his picture taken by Richard Avedon." Image
Richard Avedon's portrait of Dexter Gordon graces the cover of his 1981 album "Gotham City"

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...and the back cover photo is even more impressive!
Dexter Gordon by Richard Avedon, 1981
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
W. Somerset Maugham, 1975.
Avedon wrote Truman Capote: "The smile from the corner of Maugham's mouth down puts anything on Jackie Kennedy's face out of business."
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Jacqueline Kennedy in her inaugural gown, designed by Oleg Cassini, 1961
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
His cover photo for "Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors", 1962
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Richard Avedon
Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, coat by Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris, August 1, 1956 Image
Richard Avedon
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, headed by Julian Bond, Atlanta, March 23, 1963
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Richard Avedon
Interstate 95 #1, Newark, New Jersey, May 18, 1963
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Richard Avedon
Evelyn Avedon, Petit St. Vincent, French West Indies, December 20, 1969
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Richard Avedon
New York Life #13 β˜•οΈ
Harlem, New York, September 6, 1949
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Richard Avedon
Twiggy, hair by Ara Gallant, Paris, January 6, 1968
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Richard Avedon
Carmen (Homage to Munkacsi)
Coat by Cardin, Place Francois-Premier, Paris, August, 1957
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Here's the original that Avedon was paying homage to:
Martin MunkΓ‘csi
Jumping a Puddle, 1934 Image
Richard Avedon
Italy #2, Trastevere, Rome, July 24, 1946
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Richard Avedon
Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, evening dress by Gres, Moulin Rouge, Paris, August 1957
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Richard Avedon
Jasper Johns, New York, April 29, 1976
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Avedon (1923, New York) & Johns (1930, Augusta, Georgia) share a birthday on May 15 πŸŽ‚πŸŽ‚ Image
This is my favourite Richard Avedon fashion photo:
Suzy Parker, in an evening dress by Lanvin-Castillo, plays pinball ("flipper" en français) at the Café des Beaux Arts, August, 1956
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Celebrate the Red Garland Centennial πŸŽ‚πŸ’―
πŸ“· Bill Spilka, c. 1957
"Garland's style was understated and harmonically sophisticated; he would delineate a melody, then shade it with distinctively voiced block chords and hints of counterpoint."
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Bruno Walter listening to playback at Columbia Studios
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