Five Decades

If you have seen Richard Avedon's "In The American West" portraits, you will know that they are as good as Avedon's images get. I like Avedon for his unique and special ability to deconstruct emotions, circumstances and experiences and condense them into one face, into one single shot. That's why I love "In The American West", and also why I love the two images below from his current exhibit "Portraits of Power" at the Corcoran. I am not a huge fan of his political portraits or his celebrity photos, I find that they don't contain the depth and haunting quality of his other shots. Nevertheless, the exhibit showcased some fantastic extra large images of his and provided a chronological exposition of his work which interestingly underlined his trends and styles throughout the years.

Here are some of the pictures I took at the exhibit:


Banner in the cafe courtyard


His books in the exhibit media room

My two favorite images from the exhibit - Avedon at his best - condensing 10000 life long emotions into one shot

William Casby, Born a slave 1963.


Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, 1958.

Of course no trip to the Corcoran would be complete without visiting their cafe

Delicious brunch waffle.