Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000 January 15, 2010

You don't have to be a fashionista to love Richard Avedon's fashion photographs. They can be appreciated for innovative photographic techniques, as social documents of changing attitudes, and as works of art. Avedon was indeed a great artist and his fashion photographs are his greatest works, according to New York Times art critic Roberta Smith. This exhibition is a comprehensive study of Avedon's fashion photographs that includes a selection of over 200 images representing his stylistic evolution over a period of 50 years. Both iconic and lesser-known photographic prints, as well as never-before-seen material including contact sheets, magazine layouts, personal ephemera and archival material are included. All photographs are from the Avedon estate, and many are vintage prints.