Avendon
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Art
Design
Richard Avedon gave everyone the same white wall. Models and presidents. Movie stars and coal miners. In Saigon in 1971, the generals who ran the war and the civilians burned by napalm.
No flattery. No props. Just the person, and the truth of them.
That is the lesson for anyone who makes things. Strip it back until only what matters is left.
Ron Howard's documentary Avedon lands on Netflix on 11 November.
His images are licensed, so go and find them yourselves:
Avedon Foundation ↗
