American Masters - Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light
by Helen Whitney
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Actor: John Lahr, Mike Nichols, Richard AvedonDirector: Helen Whitney
Cinematographer: Terry Hopkins
Writer: Helen Whitney
Editor: Ted Winterburn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Wellspring
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Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a lover of photography, this is a must have. Avedon is pure brilliance.
Summary of American Masters - Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light
Vividly portrayed in this American Masters Special, photographer Richard Avedon shoots for two different worlds. Primarily, he is a fashion photographer, having worked for various magazines for more than 50 years. Of particular note is the description of photographing Natassja Kinski, a shoot that took two hours of her lying naked on a cement floor as they tried to coax a snake up her body. As a fashion photographer, Avedon became known for his sense of movement and the energy he captured in each image; he gets exquisite models to leap, move, and flip their hair. His second, and perhaps lesser-known, body of work is art photography, including portraits of the famous and the unknown, with a signature style of photographing his sitters on a white background with no props. This documentary ably captures the tension between these two directions in his work by overlaying the positive and negative viewpoints about his photography in a collage of voiceovers. We learn how Avedon views his role as a photographer, and that for him the end result captures "the death of the moment." Also included are the controversial images of his dying father. This program aptly depicts this highly creative man exposed through his work as vulnerable, obsessed, and a perfectionist. This 81-minute-long program will interest a broad audience, from those interested in fashion, people of our times, the history of the 20th century, artists and art historians, and photography in general. --Anne Barclay MorganDocumentary DVD Video
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