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The Avedon effect: behind the legendary lens

Richard Avedon photographs

Photograph by Richard Avedon © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Susannah Guthrie Entertainment Editor @susguthrie

Richard Avedon photographs — Bob Dylan, musician, Central Park, New York, February 20, 1965.

Richard Avedon Melbourne exhibition — Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York, May 6, 1957.

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, New York, May 8, 1957.

Richard Avedon photographs — Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955.

Richard Avedon photographs — Civil rights demonstration, Atlanta, Georgia c. 1963.

Richard Avedon photographs — Boyd Fortin, thirteen-year-old, Sweetwater, Texas, March 10, 1979.

Richard Avedon photographs — Andy Warhol, artist, Candy Darling and Jay Johnson, actors, New York, August 20, 1969.

Elizabeth Taylor, cock feathers by Anello of Emme, New York, July 1, 1964.

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