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Richard Avedon: Among Creatives (at Phoenix Art Museum)

Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe, actor, New York, ​May 6, 1957, ​© The Richard Avedon Foundation, ​Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Richard Avedon Archive/Gift of the artist.

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Featuring more than 50 works from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), Richard Avedon: Among Creatives presents the work of legendary American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004), highlighting his distinctive photographic portraits of fellow artists, actors, writers, and more, in addition to his contributions to fashion photography.

Richard Avedon: Among Creatives is co-organized by Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography. Its presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is curated by Emilia Mickevicius, PhD, the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, and is drawn from the larger traveling exhibition, Richard Avedon: Relationships, curated by Rebecca Senf, PhD, Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography.

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