Review: Richard Avedon’s Portraits of Aging Reveal the Vulnerability Behind Famous Faces
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TLDROld faces seem to crease and crumble as we watch in Richard Avedon Immortal: Portraits of Aging, 1951–2004. Avedon was a pioneer in presenting cool, stark, tough beauty. Shades of decadence are one thing, but decrepitude? Old age is timeless as well as time-limited.
Left: Richard Avedon, Gloria Swanson, actor, New York, September 4, 1980, gelatin silver print. Center: Richard Avedon, Jacob Israel Avedon, father of Richard Avedon, Sarasota, Florida, October 7, 1969, gelatin silver print. Right: Richard Avedon, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Waldorf Astoria, suite 28A, New York, April 16, 1957, gelatin silver print.
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