简介：VividlyportrayedinthisAmericanMastersSpecial,photographerRichardAvedonshootsfortwodifferentworlds.Primarily,heisafashionphotographer,havingworkedforvariousmagazinesformorethan50years.OfparticularnoteisthedescriptionofphotographingNatassjaKinski,ashootthattooktwohoursofherlyingnakedonacementfloorastheytriedtocoaxasnakeupherbody.Asafashionphotographer,Avedonbecameknownforhissenseofmovementandtheenergyhecapturedineachimage;hegetsexquisitemodelstoleap,move,andfliptheirhair.Hissecond,andperhapslesser-known,bodyofworkisartphotography,includingportraitsofthefamousandtheunknown,withasignaturestyleofphotographinghissittersonawhitebackgroundwithnoprops.Thisdocumentaryablycapturesthetensionbetweenthesetwodirectionsinhisworkbyoverlayingthepositiveandnegativeviewpointsabouthisphotographyinacollageofvoiceovers.WelearnhowAvedonviewshisroleasaphotographer,andthatforhimtheendresultcaptures"thedeathofthemoment."Alsoincludedarethecontroversialimagesofhisdyingfather.Thisprogramaptlydepictsthishighlycreativemanexposedthroughhisworkasvulnerable,obsessed,andaperfectionist.This81-minute-longprogramwillinterestabroadaudience,fromthoseinterestedinfashion,peopleofourtimes,thehistoryofthe20thcentury,artistsandarthistorians,andphotographyingeneral.--AnneBarclayMorgan…