And yet the absence of modern creature comforts hardly mattered. They used kerosene lamps for light and pumped water from a well to wash their dishes and flush the outhouse toilet. The two couples occupied a bare-bones cottage with no electricity or running water. Himmel was a talented photographer who also had studied with Brodovitch. Bassman, under the tutelage of the legendary design eminence Alexey Brodovitch, was the art director of Junior Bazaar, with whom Avedon was now working regularly. That summer was a fertile one for Dick-as everyone called Avedon-barely 23, fresh out of the merchant marine and already absorbing the enormous benefits of his new friendship with his housemates. During the day, when the sun was out, the shimmering reflections on the ocean to the south and the glassy waters of the Great South Bay to the north created a unique and astonishing kind of light. The slender barrier island, dotted with scrub and brush and dunes, was reachable only by public ferry or private boat (cars were not allowed). Would you like to support 3 minutos de arte? Our project.Richard Avedon and his young wife, Doe, had no idea what they were getting into when they agreed to take a beach-house share in the summer of 1946 with his boss at Harper’s Bazaar, Lillian Bassman, and her husband, photographer Paul Himmel, in Cherry Grove, a community of bohemian intellectuals on Fire Island, 90 minutes outside of New York City. You can also find more material using the search engine. To avoid it, Avedon had long and tiring sessions that lasted hours and undermined the state of mind of the people being portrayed until they were left without defenses and allowed interesting features of their personalities to emerge.Īvedon had a very interesting idea about art: "I think that all art is about control: the encounter between control and the uncontrollable." That combination is what has produced many of the best-known portraits in the history of photography.Ĭartier-Bresson and the eternity of the instant. How did he achieve it? When people are portrayed, they are aware of it. They are simple portraits, but they express psychological traits that are very difficult to achieve. In addition to revolutionizing the fashion world by creating a new aesthetic, Avedon is admired for his portraits. We could make this publication thanks to small donations. Richard Avedon and the Secret of his Portraits Six Photographs, One Concept
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