CV133 - Richard Avedon – Marie-Lise Poirier
Ciel variable 133 - Intimacies (Fall 2026)
Actualités / Exhibitions (Individuel article, digital version)
Richard Avedon
Immortal. Portraits of Aging, 1951–2004
— Marie-Lise Poirier
With a hundred portraits, the exhibition Richard Avedon paid tribute to the photographer’s commitment to celebrating old age and raised pertinent questions, as Marie-Lise Poirier notes, about “the complex relationship between society and the penultimate stage of life.” The review praises the honesty of the photographs, both in the intensity of the emotions they convey and in the real-life biographies they offer. It takes issue with two curatorial choices: the absence of context surrounding Avedon’s encounters with his subjects, and the “preferential” treatment given to the series about his father.
Details
Language : English & French
Digital Version : PDF, 896 ko
Bibliographical Notice
Marie-Lise Poirier, “Richard Avedon Immortal. Portraits of Aging, 1951–2004” in Ciel variable, No. 133, “Intimacies”, Montreal, 2026, p. 78-79.