Richard Avedon im Martin-Gropius-Bau

Everybody who loves fashion and black & white-photography should take take a look at this exhibition. Richard Avedon was one of the most important fashion photographers in the 20th century. He worked for fashion magazines like „Harper’s Bazaar“ and “Vogue” and later for the newspaper „The New Yorker“. The retrospective shows besides his fashion photos a large serie of impressive portraits from artists, statesmen, actors and also “normally” people.

Homage to Munkacsi. Carmen, coat by Cardin,
Place François-Premier, Paris, August 1957
Photograph Richard Avedon
© 2008 The Richard Avedon Foundation