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Richard Avedon Biography
1923
Born in New York, NY
1942 - 1944
Served in the U.S. Merchant Marines
1985
"Photographer of the Year," American Society of Magazine Photographers
1986 - 1987
Certificate of Recognition, Visiting Artist, Harvard University
1989
Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1993
"Master of Photography Award," International Center of Photography
1993
Honorary Doctorate, Kenyon College, Ohio
1994
"EVIDENCE" is awarded Prix Nadar by the Bibliotheque Nationale for "Best Photographic Book"
1994
Honorary Doctorate, Parsons School of Design, New York
1996
Humanitarian Award, Mental Health Association of New York City
1998
Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
2000
Photo District News: Most Influential Photographer of the Last Twenty Years
2003
Royal Photographic Society, 150th Anniversary Medal
2003
Arts & Business Council, Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Visual Arts
2003
Americans for the Arts, National Arts Award: Lifetime Achievement
2004
Died in Texas
Selected Exhibitions
2007
"Americans: Meisterwerke amerikanischer Fotografie von 1940 bis heute," Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2), Vienna
2007
"The Heartbeat of Fashion: Sammlung F. C. Gundlach," Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2006
"Eye of the Beholder," Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
"Brighton Photo Biennial," Brighton, UK
2006
"In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon," Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2006
"American Icons," Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006
"Rostros y Máscaras," Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca
2005
"Keeping Shadows: Photography from the Worcester Art Museum," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2005
"Hablando con las manos: Fotografías de la Colección
Buhl," Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
2005
"From the Source: Fashion Photographs," Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005
"Summer of Love Art of the Psychedelic Era," Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2005
"FABULOUS PHOTOGRAPHIC EPHEMERA," The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2005
"Richard Avedon," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2004
"About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection," The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004
"Photography from the Book to the Museum," Museu Nacional dArt de Catalunya, Barcelona
2004
"Das Wunder Mensch/Parameter of Life," Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
2003
"A Clear Vision: Photographic Works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection," Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2003
"VANITY FAIR," Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
2003
"Flesh Tones: 100 Years of the Nude," Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
2003
"Richard Avedon: Andy Warhol and the Factory [1969], The Family [1976]," Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
"Transformer II," Air de Paris, Paris
2002
"Richard Avedon: In the American West," Fundación La Caixa, CaixaForum, Barcelona
2002
"Americans: Meisterwerke der amerikanischen Photographie," Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Wörlen, Passau
2002
"Accrochage d´hiver: Photographies contemporaines," Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris
2001
"Dressing Up," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
2001
"Richard Avedon: Made in France," Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
"Avedon’s American West," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
2001
"Richard Avedon: In the American West," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
2001
"The Contemporary Face: Von Pablo Picasso bis Alex Katz," Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2001
"More than One," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
1999 - 2000
Early Portraits, Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, CA
1994 - 1995
Richard Avedon: Evidence 1944-1994 (Retrospective), Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1991
Brandenburg Gate, East Berlin, New Year's Eve, December 31, 1989 - January 1, 1990, Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh, PA
1985
In the American West 1979-1984 (Portraits), Amon Carter Museum Fort Worth, TX
1980
Avedon: Retrospective 1946-1980 (Portraits, reportage, fashion retrospective), University Art Museum Berkeley, CA
1978
Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY
1975
Portraits 1969-1975, Marlborough Gallery New York, NY
1974
Jacob Israel Avedon (Portraits of the photographer's father), Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1970
Richard Avedon (Portrait Retrospective 1945-1970), Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN
1962
Richard Avedon (Retrospective), Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC
Books by Richard Avedon
▪ Observations, 1959. A collaborative book with
Truman Capote containing portraits of many famous people of the
twentieth century, including Pablo Picasso, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and
Mae West.
▪ Nothing Personal, 1964. A collaborative book with James Baldwin.
▪ Alice in Wonderland, 1973, co-authored with Doon Arbus.
▪ Portraits, 1976
▪ Portraits 1947-1977, 1978
▪ In the American West, 1985
▪ An Autobiography, 1993. Contains 50 years of images
arranged to tell Avedon's life story. Photos include celebrities such
as Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Andy Warhol, and Avedon's parents.
▪ Evidence, 1994. More than 600 images encompassing
Avedon's fashion photographs, portraiture, journalistic shots,
sketches, snapshots, and contact sheets. However, despite containing
many images, the book focuses more on the essays and text about Avedon
instead of being fully based on visuals.
▪ The Sixties, 1999, co-authored with Doon Arbus.
Contains images of many famous figures such as Janis Joplin, Jimi
Hendrix, and Twiggy.
▪ Made in France, 2001. A retrospective of Avedon's
fashion portraiture from the 1950s. The book is expensive due to the
images being printed on tritone plates.
▪ Richard Avedon Portraits' 2002. 50 black and white
images of celebrities and subjects from his In The American West
project. Its release coincided with an exhibition of the work at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
▪ Woman in the Mirror. 2005, with an essay by Anne Hollander.
▪ Performance. 2008, with an essay by John Lahr.
▪ Portraits of Power. 2008, edited by Paul Roth with
an essay by Renata Adler. Coincides with an exhibition of political
work at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
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