We all stand on the shoulders of giants.
That’s a beautiful thing about photography — learning how previous artists have inspired those artists we admire. Dawoud Bey is one of my favorite photographers, and I always look forward to his social media posts. He wrote about this Avedon picture on Facebook the other day, and it resonated with me, so I asked if we could reprint it here. He graciously agreed. Dawoud writes:
Avedon at 100 - by Andy Adams - FlakPhoto Digest (substack.com)