It's a family affair
A new exhibition offers a glimpse of legendary photographer Richard Avedon's lesser-known work
May 3, 1970 (2015 print): The Ginsberg family, being photographed by Richard Avedon.
(Elsa Dorfman, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation)As Henry Kissinger once implored of Avedon, just before a photo shoot, "Be kind to me."Despi
June 19, 1976: Bella Abzug, U.S. congresswoman from New York, in New York City
(Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation)
March 20, 1976: Jerry Brown, governor of California, in Sacramento, California
(Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation) Avedon first rose to fame for his fashion photography for Vogue. He later counted James B
May 10, 1976: Walter Annenberg, publisher, in Radnor, Pennsylvania
(Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation) The NMAJH is the only museum in the United States to feature the exhibition, which is on
May 3, 1970: Hannah (Honey) Litzky, aunt; Leo Litzky, uncle; Abe Ginsberg, uncle; Anna Ginsberg, aunt; Louis Ginsberg, father; Eugene Brooks, brother; Allen Ginsberg, poet; Anne Brooks, niece; Peter Brooks, nephew; Connie Brooks, siste
(Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation)Perelman says the NMAJH strived to cohesively arrange the diverse array of subjects, while
July 14, 1976: Barbara Jordan, U.S. congresswoman from Texas, in New York.
(Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation)
March 2, 1976: George H.W. Bush, director of the CIA, in Langley, Virginia
(Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation)
March 11, 1976: Katharine Graham, chairman of the board, The Washington Post Company, in Washington, D.C.
(Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation) And while many of the exhibition's portraits are of familiar faces, the central theme is
