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...photography. And there is something valuable about looking at Avedon's work apart from what we know about the charmed kid who blew into the offices of Harper's Bazaar in the late 1940s and set the superexotic Dovima against a trio of dancing pachyderms. Nevertheless, Avedon the mordant portraitist cannot be understood without reference to Avedon the fashion photographer. From his work for Harper's and Vogue he learned how much of what goes on in front of a lens is sheer performance, and he learned the extent to which a photographer can draw out of that performance just...
...soon to air on PBS, is a revelation. Producer Edward Mirzoeff was given unprecedented access to the Queen over a 13-month period (which included the Gulf War and an official visit to the U.S.). We watch her discussing her daily schedule with aides, making small talk with her portraitist, getting excited at the horse races, and helping Ronald Reagan get some decaffeinated coffee at a state reception. As figureheads go, she seems quite a decent sort...
Afterward, both Democrats agreed to pose for the cover picture by portraitist Gregory Heisler. But even then the competition was calling. As the camera clicked, a Tsongas aide could be heard outside yelling, "You may be making art in there, but we got to make some politics out there...
TITIAN: PRINCE OF PAINTERS, National Gallery of Art, Washington. A partial but still magnificent sampling of the work of the 16th century's unrivaled topographer of male power and female beauty -- a portraitist who brought the projection of character to new heights. Through...
...that it created a sense of helplessness in others. He was the 16th century's unrivaled topographer of male power and female beauty, as Rubens (whose conception of artistic prowess was modeled on Titian's) was in the 17th. Titian pushed the description of masculine character farther than any portraitist before...