It's a family affair
A new exhibition offers a glimpse of legendary photographer Richard Avedon's lesser-known work

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(Image credit: (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)

(Image credit: (Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation))

(Image credit: (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)

(Image credit: (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)

(Image credit: (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)

(Image credit: (Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation))

(Image credit: (Richard Avedon, courtesy National Museum of American Jewish History / The Richard Avedon Foundation))

(Image credit: (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)
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