Who can forget Richard Avedon, the man behind some of the most iconic images taken over a career that spanned more than five decades. The clever fashionable portrait of model Dovima draped in an all black, bow sashed Dior gown posing amongst the elephants from Cirque d’Hiver in Paris; the haunting Western states portrait series taken between 1979 and 1984 for the Museum of Fort Worth; the intimate images of Picasso, Monroe, Hepburn, Marcel Duchamp, and Salvador Dali; or one of his most memorable photos, a New Year’s Eve picture taken in the streets after the fall of the Berlin wall. Haven’t seen them? Well now you can, as one of the most expansive retrospectives of Avedon’s work, arranged by Avedon’s foundation, are currently on display at Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau. The photographs, showcasing Richard’s work from the start of his career in 1946 until shortly before his death in 2004, will be on display until January 19, 2009. If Berlin isn’t on your travel schedule, the show will travel onto Amsterdam, and then arrive stateside in San Francisco in October 2009. For information, dates and times of the exhibits, visit the avedonfoundation.com.

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