This video is revealing. But complex.
You'll hear layers of intentions. Read meaning behind meanings. See the artist developing his craft.
And deduce that the craft in practice is crafting the artist.
Richard Avedon's photographs are breathtaking.
To me, they are implosions of feelings and imagination. From high fashion to real life. The movements. The moments. The myth. All captured.
But the man, as he expresses the thinking and the concepts behind his works, reveals much.
While photographing a face, he digs deep. Goes beyond appearance, looking for contradictions and connectedness. He gives a dignity to severity, isolation and aloneness.
The power of his photographs comes from his ability to bring his story to the situation. Claiming to be a rebel within, he can stimulate his subject to rise to the moment as he himself responds to the moment and make new. The inner truth surfaces for his camera to record. The obsessions. The sensuality. The fascination. They turn into icons.
Art cliches get resurrected life and turn magical.
Enjoy the process of a photographer becoming an artist!
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