What becomes a legend most: a biography of Richard Avedon

Abstract

A portrait of the twentieth-century photographer examines how Avedon endured intense personal and professional discrimination to join an influential group of artists who transformed women's culture.

Contents

Pictures at an exhibition (1975) -- Keeping up appearances (1923-1936) -- Premature sophisticates (1936-1942) -- The mentors and their prodigy (1942-1945) -- Eau de Paris (1946-1948) -- The proscenium stage (1948-1952) -- Le cirque d'Hiver (1953-1957) -- On borrowed wings (1957-1959) -- The new decade (1960-1962) -- Fire in the belly (1963-1965) -- Tuning in (1965-1967) -- A walk on the wild side (1968-1970) -- Close to home (1970-1971) -- Fathers and sons (1970-1974) -- The closet door (1974-1976) -- Museum piece (1977-1980) -- A balance of opposites (1981-1985) -- The years of his discontent (1986-1992) -- Renewal (1992-1996) -- The elegant denouement (1998-2004).