As I was getting familiar with photography I started reading about the greatest photographers. Richard Avedon was one of the photographers that made me admire photographic art and push me to decide to study photography. In this picture which is may be the most famous of his, we see Dovima one of the most well known models in her age, to pose between four circus elephants dressed with one of the dresses of the new collection of Christian Dior. The motion of the elephants seems to be as delicate as the motion of the model, the minimalistic frame matches with the design of the dress. And the image refers to a glorious event. The photograph is so perfectly structured that makes the viewer to feel that the whole set up will tern from a photograph to a video and the objects in it will resume their movement. Richard Avedon was well known for his revolutionary shite, and as he said he was always interested about how his camera was capturing the personality and the soul of his models, here we see everything very clear. The elegant silhouette of Dovima and the gigantic figures of the elephants bounding together in picture that was meant to set the path for fashion photography.
Bibliography:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Fashion_Faux_Paw.htm
Evidence 1944-1974 by Richard Avedon
Woman in the Mirror. 2005,
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