Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor – The New York Times

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Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor

Philip Gefter’s new biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most,” argues for Avedon’s place as one of the 20th century’s most consequential artists.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/books/review-richard-avedon-biography-what-becomes-legend-most-philip-gefter.html

The issue is pressing while reading “What Becomes a Legend Most,” Philip Gefter’s wise and ebullient new biography of Richard Avedon. Gefter takes the reader inside so many of Avedon’s photo shoots, and so deftly explicates his work, that you’re thirsty to sate your eyes with Avedon’s actual images.