Friday, September 12, 2008

Richard Avedon Portraits of Power opens this Saturday



Click here to purchase an advance ticket.

Richard Avedon (1923–2004), America’s pre-eminent portraitist and fashion photographer, photographed the faces of politics throughout his career. As the country enters the next presidential election season, the Corcoran will bring together Avedon’s political portraits for the first time. Juxtaposing images of elite government, media, and labor officials with counter-cultural activists and ordinary citizens caught up in national debates, this exhibition will explore a five-decade taxonomy of politics and power by one of our best-known artists.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

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