It was built in the eighteenth century, bombed in the last war, renovated then and again twenty years ago, and it’s still incredibly chaotic. He says: “This building has a wonderful history. He asks for a coffee, a bottle of mineral water, and a piece of gianduiotto (a chocolate and hazelnut candy from Piedmont). The show is called Evidence (1944 – 1994). Together we walk through the rooms of his exhibition (to be inaugurated on 17 January 1995 and running through 5 March, with Kodak and Versace as sponsors). He’s in the middle of the Sala delle Cariatidi in the Palazzo Reale in Milan explaining how an image of his is to be hung. He is dressed in black velvet and has shiney shoes. His face is sunken in and he hides behind his white mane of hair and large tortoise-shell glasses. She lives in London.Richard Avedon is a small man. Her books include The American Look (2008) and Fashion: A Short Introduction(2009). Rebecca Arnold is senior lecturer in history of dress and textiles at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Laura Avedon and James Martin are the directors of the Richard Avedon Foundation in New York City.

With authoritative texts by Laura Avedon and Rebecca Arnold, this substantial, beautifully designed and produced volume is a permanent record of Avedon’s indelible impact on the history of advertising.

Now for the first time, AVEDON ADVERTISING reproduces more than 300 ads that range from the buoyant 1940s and 1950s, when post-war prosperity opened up new experiences to consumers through the explosive ’60s and into the era defined by celebrity culture and global brand awareness. Working with a talented cadre of models, copy writers, and art directors, Avedon made images that enticed consumers to embrace the new, especially in the areas of fashion and beauty, with campaigns for Revlon, Chanel, Calvin Klein, Dior, and Versace, among many others.Īvedon’s advertising work has been one of the mysteries of his archive. His work exemplified Madison Avenue at the height of its influence in world culture. Richard Avedon was one of the most sought-after and influential advertising photographers in America from the 1940s to the beginning of the 21st century, creating thousands of advertisements for approximately six hundred different clients, many of whom he worked with for years. are records of the world we live in and it’s possible that the record of my ads over the past twenty years could be a more valuable social document than a record of what I think are my finest fashion photographs.” – Richard Avedon “I think that my creative work in advertising is the hardest, most honest work that I do.

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