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What Becomes a Legend Most - A Biography of Richard Avedon (Hardcover)
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What Becomes a Legend Most - A Biography of Richard Avedon (Hardcover)
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"Wise and ebullient." - Dwight Garner, The New York Times The first
definitive biography of Richard Avedon, a monumental photographer
of the twentieth century, from award-winning photography critic
Philip Gefter. In his acclaimed portraits, Richard Avedon captured
the iconic figures of the twentieth century in his starkly bold,
intimately minimal, and forensic visual style. Concurrently, his
work for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue transformed the ideals of
women's fashion, femininity, and culture to become the defining
look of an era. Yet despite his driving ambition to gain respect in
the art world, during his lifetime he was condescendingly dismissed
as a "celebrity photographer." What Becomes a Legend Most is the
first definitive biography of this luminary-an intensely driven man
who endured personal and professional prejudice, struggled with
deep insecurities, and mounted an existential lifelong battle to be
recognized as an artist. Philip Gefter builds on archival research
and exclusive interviews with those closest to Avedon to chronicle
his story, beginning with Avedon's coming-of-age in New York
between the world wars, when cultural prejudices forced him to make
decisions that shaped the course of his life. Compounding his
private battles, Avedon fought to be taken seriously in a medium
that itself struggled to be respected within the art world. Gefter
reveals how the 1950s and 1960s informed Avedon's life and work as
much as he informed the period. He counted as close friends a
profoundly influential group of artists-Leonard Bernstein, Truman
Capote, James Baldwin, Harold Brodkey, Renata Adler, Sidney Lumet,
and Mike Nichols-who shaped the cultural life of the American
twentieth century. It wasn't until Avedon's fashion work was
exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the late 1970s that
he became a household name. Balancing glamour with the gravitas of
an artist's genuine reach for worldly achievement-and not a little
gossip-plus sixteen pages of photographs, What Becomes a Legend
Most is an intimate window into Avedon's fascinating world.
Dramatic, visionary, and remarkable, it pays tribute to Avedon's
role in the history of photography and fashion-and his legacy as
one of the most consequential artists of his time.
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