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Edition #23: Sandra Phillips, Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946—2004
Originally aired on
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Tania Ketenjian speaks with Sandra
Phillips, senior curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, about the 2009 exhibit Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946—2004. The exhibition spans Avedon's entire career, from fashion
photography at Harper's Bazaar, where Avedon began working at the
age of 22, to his more recent works, among them his iconic images of
politicians, bee keepers and celebrities. Phillips takes us through the entire exhibition and
here explains how Avedon captured the infamous shot of the Duke and
Dutchess of Windsor (30 minutes).
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