In the exhibition there is a photograph of James Baldwin, writer, Harlem, New York 1945, celebrated writer and close friend of the artist, which evidences Avedon’s mature portrait style: the frontal positioning of Afro-American Baldwin against a white background will be repeated by Avedon from the start to the end of his career. You can also tell a lot about an artist by looking at their early work. The same could be said of much of Avedon’s photography. In the case of Richard Avedon’s self-portrait (1969, below), we see a man in high key, white shirt positioned off centre against a slightly off-white background, the face possessing an almost innocuous, vapid affectation as though the person being captured by the lens has no presence, no being at all. You can tell a lot about a person from their self-portrait. Tags: american artist, American documentary photographer, American documentary photography, American fashion photography, American identity, american photographer, American photography, American West, andy warhol, Andy Warhol Candy Darling, Bob Dylan, Boyd Fortin, Candy Darling, Civil rights demonstration, Dovima with elephants, Elizabeth Taylor, fashion photographer, fashion photography, Harper's Bazaar, In the American West, Jay Johnson, Kierkegaard, Mae West, Mae West with Mr America, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, New York Life, Richard Avedon, Richard Avedon Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon Andy Warhol Candy Darling, Richard Avedon Bob Dylan, Richard Avedon Boyd Fortin, Richard Avedon Civil rights demonstration, Richard Avedon Dovima with elephants, Richard Avedon Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Avedon Foundation, Richard Avedon In the American West, Richard Avedon Mae West with Mr America, Richard Avedon Marilyn Monroe, Richard Avedon Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, Richard Avedon New York Life, Richard Avedon New York Life #5, Richard Avedon People, Richard Avedon People at The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Richard Avedon Sandra Bennett, Richard Avedon Self portrait, Richard Avedon Twiggy, Roberto Rojas, Sandra Bennett, shadowgraph, the ian potter museum of art, The New Yorker, Twiggy, VogueĮxhibition dates: 6th December 2014 – 15th March 2015Īndy Warhol, artist, Candy Darling and Jay Johnson, actors, New York, August 20, 1969 Categories: American, american photographers, beauty, black and white photography, documentary photography, exhibition, existence, fashion photography, gallery website, intimacy, light, Melbourne, memory, New York, photographic series, photography, portrait, psychological, reality, space, street photography, time and works on paper

Richard avedon andy warhol portrait