Richard Avedon : darkness and light / directed by Helen Whitney ; written and produced by Helen Whitney ; an American Masters special produced by Thirteen/WNET.

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Born in New York in 1923, Richard Avedon dropped out of high school and joined the Merchant Marine's photographic section. Returning in 1944, he found a job as a photographer in a department store, was 'discovered' and began working for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Look, and other magazines. Although mak...

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Corporate Authors: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Wellspring Media
Other Authors: Whitney, Helen (Screenwriter, Director, Producer)
Walker, Kathryn, 1943- (Narrator)
Hopkins, Terry (Cinematographer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, NY : Thirteen/WNET : Distributed by Wellspring Media, [2002], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Avedon, Richard.
Photographers > United States > Biography.
Portrait photographers > United States > Biography.
Fashion photography.
Portrait photography.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Photographers.
Portrait photographers.
United States.
Genre:
Biography.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Darkness and light.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Born in New York in 1923, Richard Avedon dropped out of high school and joined the Merchant Marine's photographic section. Returning in 1944, he found a job as a photographer in a department store, was 'discovered' and began working for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Look, and other magazines. Although making his living in advertising, his real passion was portraiture. Avedon's portraits are well lit, minimalist, and free, resulting in images of intimate spontaneity, formal yet informal, with a sense of timeless authority about them. In 1992 he became the first staff photographer for The New Yorker, and in 1994 the Whitney Museum mounted a fifty year retrospective of his work, "Richard Avedon: Evidence 1944-1994." After a full life, rich in accolades and acclaim, Avedon died on October 1, 2004.
Note:Originally produced in 1995, and broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series American Masters on January 24, 1996.
Special features: Web links [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Internet access].
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ7 D0014296 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA Rating: Not rated.
ISBN:0794201830
9780794201838
Credits:Director of photography, Terry Hopkins ; editor, Ted Winterburn ; consultant, Owen Edwards ; music performed by Robert White, Christina Schmidt, Brian Farrell.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Kathryn Walker.