![]() ![]() ![]() The foundation also alleges that Stevens borrowed material from a fictionalized memoir Avedon had worked on. The alleged errors range from the terms of an Avedon's contract with Conde Nast in the 1960s to Stevens' claim that she was "at his side" when the photographer Avedon died in 2004. "The snapshots are affectionate and admiring, and the contradictions in them can give you whiplash." ![]() "Everyone saw one side of him- but together the testimonies of his assistants, models and lovers add up to a mosaic of the man," The New York Times wrote in a Dec. The foundation is asking that the Penguin Random House imprint Spiegel & Grau cease publication of the book, which came out last month and draws upon interviews with many of Avedon's friends and associates. Aronson and former foundation head and longtime Avedon colleague Norma Stevens. NEW YORK - The publisher of a new Richard Avedon biography says it will look into alleged inaccuracies raised by the late photographer's foundation, but rejected calls to withdraw the book.Įarlier this week, the Richard Avedon Foundation issued a long list of "exaggerations and inaccuracies" in "Avedon: Something Personal," co-authored by Steven M.L. Avedon foundation criticizes new bio of photographer ![]()
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