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Richard avedon portraits of power5/22/2023 ![]() He didn’t always have a flattering view of it. ![]() “From the 1940s until his death in 2004, Avedon traveled the world to photograph people who either exercised great power or were involved in power struggles of one kind or another.” His portraits-which originally appeared in such magazines as Vogue, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker-are a “titillating portfolio” of the most important politicians of the past half-century.Īvedon considered his subject not politics per se, but power in general, said Brett Zongker in the Associated Press. Nearby hang portraits of Ronald Reagan, John F. Barack Obama stares across the room at Karl Rove. This election year, they’re also doing so across the Mall, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s exhibition of political portraits by photographer Richard Avedon. Capitol, said Edward Gunts in the Baltimore Sun. Republicans and Democrats face each other down every day in the U.S. ![]()
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