Richard Avedon Exhibit

[doughowk]

NY Times has review of new Avedon exhibit.

 

[Marco B]

Hi,

That's the same travelling exhibition that is running here in the Netherlands in the Photography Museum Amsterdam until the 13th of May. (FOAM)

Well worth a visit! The exhibition has been a major block-buster here in the Netherlands...

Don't forget to watch the interesting video-interview with Avedon. Gives nice insights in his person and way of working.

Here are a few panoramashots of the exhibition as displayed in FOAM in Amsterdam:

http://www.panoramsterdam.com/panos-flash/keizersgracht-609-foam-3.html
http://www.panoramsterdam.com/panos-flash/keizersgracht-609-foam-4.html

You can even move around in these panorama pictures using your mouse!

Marco

 

[jp80874]

Marco,

Thanks for the links. Those are great views.

John Powers

 

[Marco B]

Oh, to avoid misunderstanding, the panoramas are not by me by the way...

I just copied the links from the FOAM website.

 

[doughowk]

Marco, from the review I would think these are two different exhibits with the NY one concentrating on his fashion work. I saw an exhibit last Fall in Grande Rapids, MI that appears to be same as the Netherlands exhibit. Btw, that panorama feature is great.

 

[Marco B]

Ok, well, that may be true...

I just thought, since I knew this was a travelling exhibition, and since I recognized the photo's in the link you posted, that it was the same... Anyway, if the Amsterdam exhibition is anything to go by, the one in NY will be worth a visit too!

 

[Trask]

I saw the Avedon exhibit that was here in Paris last year, and came away impressed by the photographs, but wondering to what extent the French viewers would take his very specific view of people from the Western US as being broadly representative of most Americans. I hope that people would understand that these are very, very selected images that are true to their subjects, but not representative of the broader population.

 

[Marco B]

I saw the Avedon exhibit that was here in Paris last year, and came away impressed by the photographs, but wondering to what extent the French viewers would take his very specific view of people from the Western US as being broadly representative of most Americans. I hope that people would understand that these are very, very selected images that are true to their subjects, but not representative of the broader population.

Good point, but I think anyone with a bit of common sense and a notion of the social structure of societies can see "through"...

And in addition, I think it would be very easy to create a similar series in other countries, including the Netherlands. There are people living on the edge or in marginalized positions in almost any developed country.

Anyway, this aspect forms only a part of the total exhibition, there are vastly different photos and aspects of Richard's work to be seen. Actually, I found it nice to see these lesser known photos as well. Of course, Richard's fashion photography remains the most well known.