Earlier this evening, I went to the Detroit Institute of Arts to see the Richard Avedon 1944-2000 exhibit. Avedon (1923-2004) was a highly influential fashion photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and The New Yorker.
Many of his famous prints involve movement. I find these prints absolutely breathtaking—it's as if for a single moment, nothing else in the world matters.
Avedon also enjoyed contrast. He has a series of photographs of high fashion in an atypical environment. Love the haute couture at the circus!
Finally, as he did work for several magazines, he was well known for his portraits. This one is of Twiggy, with long locks!
The exhibit was well laid out and thoroughly enjoyable. The way Avedon saw fashion and could make others see fashion is nothing but exquisite. The exhibit only reinforces the notion that I need to get back into photography!
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