By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on August 03, 2009 12:45 PM
More Than 200 Works By Richard Avedon Are Available For Viewing At The ICP Including Vintage Prints, Archival Materials, And Contact Sheets From His Seven-Decade Career
Richard Avedon Continues To Influence Fashion Photography Over 60 Years Later
If you’ve ever flipped through an issue of Harper’s Bazaar from the ‘40 or ‘50s, you’ve most likely seen the work of seminal fashion photographer Richard Avedon, whose photographs are now on view at New York’s International Center of Photography (ICP) in “Avedon Fashion 1944-2000,” part of the museum’s “Year of Fashion” event.
Did you know the fashion photographer played by Fred Astaire in the movie “Funny Face,” with Audrey Hepburn, was loosely based on Avedon?
Avedon Changed The Role Of Fashion Photography
Throughout his nearly seven-decade career, Avedon completely changed the role of the fashion photographer by veering away from the static look of most fashion photographs and creating a new brand of lively, dynamic images: he took models out of the studio and into the air, showing them in motion.
Formerly thought of as a predominantly European business, Avedon helped influence fashion photography in a way that continues to impact photographers today ICP now offers the most comprehensive look at his fashion photography to date, including his work from Bazaar, Vogue, and The New Yorker. More than 200 works are on view through September 20, including vintage prints, archival materials, and contact sheets. ICP is located at 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street. Call (212) 857-0000 for more information.
