Subscribe to receive our weekly art newsletter!
Don't miss out! Subscribe to AZ Art Weekly
Richard Avedon: Among Creatives
Phoenix Art Museum
Richard Avedon: Among Creatives
Dec 2024 - May 2025
Norton Photography Gallery
December 6, 2024 – May 25, 2025 Located in Norton Photography Gallery
Richard Avedon: Among Creatives highlights the work of one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, renowned for capturing the vulnerability of celebrity subjects and creative icons.
Featuring more than 50 works from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), Richard Avedon: Among Creatives presents the work of legendary American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004), highlighting his distinctive photographic portraits of fellow artists, actors, writers, and more, in addition to his contributions to fashion photography.
Richard Avedon, Marian Anderson, contralto, New York, June 30, 1955. Gelatin silver print. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Purchase, 87.34.1. Copyright © The Richard Avedon Foundation
Born in New York and with an early interest in photography, Avedon first gained prominence as a fashion photographer by working for Harper’s Bazaar magazine. As the scope of his career broadened, he trained his lens on many of the most influential figures of his time, among them fellow creative people from the fields of art, music, literature, film, and design. Through Avedon’s unflinching eye and technical prowess, their appearances and expressions become amplified for our scrutiny, prompting us to consider the gaps between their private lives and public personas. A celebrity himself, Avedon once said: “My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” His photographs of those from creative fields, especially, reflect Avedon grappling with his own fame, morality, and legacy.
Together, Avedon’s portraiture and fashion photography showcase his unique approach to portraying artistry and foreground the ingenuity he brought to photographing people.
For more information visit: https://phxart.org/exhibition/richard-avedon-among-creatives/
