In honor of Gagosian’s authoritative “Avedon 100” exhibition in NYC—and the legendary photographer’s centennial today—we’ve gathered 11 Richard Avedon images from the show, ranging from iconic Vogue portraits to some of our editors’ personal favorite shots
. It was Polly who stood by his side when he snapped the now iconic images of Twiggy, Penelope Tree, and so many others—pictures that elevated, sadly I missed working with Polly by five years. But I know so well the intelligence, the creativity, and the courage that you see in her eyes. It’s what Avedon saw too, and what he captured so brilliantly.
“The Vicomtesse de Ribes is a rare person,” wrote Yves Saint Laurent in an open letter that was handed out when she debuted her first fashion collection, twenty years after she sat for this Avedon image. “She is a beacon, she radiates, her long neck gleaming with the brilliance of a thousand lights. Lyre-bird. King bird. . . . She is the pearl in the King of Poland’s ear, the Queen of Sheba’s tallow-drop emerald, Diane de Poitiers’ crescent tiara, the Ring of the Nibelungen.
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