Richard Avedon - Avedon 100 - 2023

Avedon 100 celebrates the lasting influence of Richard Avedon on photography and highlights his deep imprint on global visual culture.

Published on the occasion of the eponymous show at Gagosian in New York in 2023, this extraordinary illustrated catalog celebrates the centenary of the birth of the iconic photographer. More than one hundred famous artists, designers, musicians, writers, curators and fashion-world personalities were invited to select a photograph by Avedon and describe how both the image and the artist have influenced their lives. Among the participants are Hilton Als, Naomi Campbell, Elton John, Spike Lee, Sally Mann, Polly Mellen, Kate Moss, Chloë Sevigny, Taryn Simon, Christy Turlington and Jonas Wood.

Avedon 100 celebrates Avedon’s enduring influence on photography and highlights his profound imprint on global visual culture. The book retraces several periods of his work, including the famous series "In the American West", images from the movement for social justice, classic portraits, and advertising and fashion work. The reproduced photographs reveal the enormous and fascinating variety of Avedon’s subjects, while the comments of the famous curators emphasize the breadth and longevity of his legacy.

"Avedon 100" includes a foreword by Larry Gagosian, texts by Derek Blasberg and Jake Skeets, and an essay by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis.

New, still in its cellophane, with only a red marker dot on one of the edges as depicted in the photos.