{"id":133537,"date":"2026-05-19T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/ron-howards-new-film-on-famed-photographer-richard-avedon-explained-in-4-remarkable-shots\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:00:27","slug":"ron-howards-new-film-on-famed-photographer-richard-avedon-explained-in-4-remarkable-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/ron-howards-new-film-on-famed-photographer-richard-avedon-explained-in-4-remarkable-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Howard\u2019s new film on famed photographer Richard Avedon, explained in 4 remarkable shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp2muq4v000x26qi6g548ngi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Like many of us, director Ron Howard had come across Richard Avedon\u2019s photos all his life, without realizing it. There\u2019s the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe looking off-camera, deflated. Charlie Chaplin mimicking devil horns. Brooke Shields in a provocative Calvin Klein ad. As Howard dug through the archives and interviewed subjects for his new documentary on the renowned American photographer, the bolt of recognition hit him more than once.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6v4hm300033b6rk17suact@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was stunning,\u201d Howard said of going into the vault and seeing the range of subjects who had sat for him. Speaking via video call, trademark cap on, warm wood paneling all around, the actor and director of the Oscar-winning film, \u201cA Beautiful Mind,\u201d took inspiration from Avedon: \u201cHe\u2019s braver,\u201d he said, comparing himself. \u201cHe took more leaps, took more risks.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6v4hm300043b6rvkz8uee7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the second half of the 20th century, everyone who was anyone in American culture \u2013 from Hollywood icons to presidents and revolutionaries \u2013 had their portrait taken by Avedon. Against an often stark white backdrop, he expertly peeled away the veneer to reveal their truest selves.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmp43427t000a3b6rzb4kvsja@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"Richard-Avedon-with-Richard-Wheatcroft,-Jordan,-Montana,-June-27,-1983-(Photo-by-Laura-Wilson).jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6732\" data-original-height=\"1683\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/richard-avedon-with-richard-wheatcroft-jordan-montana-june-27-1983-photo-by-laura-wilson.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/richard-avedon-with-richard-wheatcroft-jordan-montana-june-27-1983-photo-by-laura-wilson.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/richard-avedon-with-richard-wheatcroft-jordan-montana-june-27-1983-photo-by-laura-wilson.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/richard-avedon-with-richard-wheatcroft-jordan-montana-june-27-1983-photo-by-laura-wilson.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/richard-avedon-with-richard-wheatcroft-jordan-montana-june-27-1983-photo-by-laura-wilson.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/richard-avedon-with-richard-wheatcroft-jordan-montana-june-27-1983-photo-by-laura-wilson.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6v4hm400053b6rvhz4vvfl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Howard\u2019s documentary \u2014 simply titled, \u201cAvedon\u201d \u2014 which premiered at Cannes Film Festival over the weekend, draws on both archive footage of the photographer (who died in 2004, aged 81), and revealing interviews with those closest to him. His son, John, recalls an intensively driven father who, though loving, was often away from home. While top art dealer Larry Gagosian remembers with a chuckle going to Avedon\u2019s home for brunch and being served hardboiled eggs and champagne. \u201cI thought it was super elegant,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6v4hm400063b6rh4dq7mk9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            We asked Howard to pick his four favorite Avedon photos. \u201cThat\u2019s a challenge,\u201d he said, of narrowing it down from many thousands of images. A challenge the director was game for.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6v4hm400073b6r9xz8v6pa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>Below are Howard\u2019s top Avedon photos.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmp2nbds700023b6r3i33ct7m@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"Charles-Chaplin,-actor,-New-York,-September-13,-1952.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.7236\" data-original-height=\"1809\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/charles-chaplin-actor-new-york-september-13-1952.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/charles-chaplin-actor-new-york-september-13-1952.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/charles-chaplin-actor-new-york-september-13-1952.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/charles-chaplin-actor-new-york-september-13-1952.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/charles-chaplin-actor-new-york-september-13-1952.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/charles-chaplin-actor-new-york-september-13-1952.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/charles-chaplin-actor-new-york-september-13-1952.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"&lt;em&gt;Charles Chaplin, actor, New York, September 13, 1952.&lt;\/em&gt;\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1809\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp2mxhct000h3b6rayw1mbhk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The year is 1952 and Charlie Chaplin, a global celebrity and political progressive, is feeling the heat from American authorities in the McCarthy era. The English film icon had by that time lived in the US for decades, though had never become a US citizen, and was now the target of hostile politicians and right-wing press.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vblzf000f3b6rrsiazsoz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Chaplin agrees to a portrait with Avedon. \u201cAvedon was nervous and anxious,\u201d said Howard. \u201cHe knew he didn\u2019t have very much time with Charlie Chaplin.\u201d They went through the sitting, it was rather formal. And while Avedon was \u201cthrilled to have this opportunity,\u201d said Howard, \u201cI don\u2019t think he felt like he was getting the essence of the man, which was always Avedon\u2019s aim.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vblzf000g3b6rwud6fxsp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the documentary, Avedon in archive footage recalled what happened next: \u201cWhen I was finished, (Chaplin) said, \u2018now can I do one for you?\u2019 And he put his head down and he came up frowning furiously with these horns. 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Avedon was evidently tickled by newspaper speculation Chaplin had \u201chid out in my studio\u2026 and it turns out this photograph was his last message to the US.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vblzf000i3b6rxui8n56l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Beyond the image\u2019s cheeky two fingers up at authorities, there\u2019s also Avedon\u2019s \u201cdiscipline and professionalism,\u201d said Howard. \u201cHe only had one crack at this. And look, it\u2019s sharp, his eyes are perfect. Of course, Chaplin probably knew to stay right on his mark also. 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class=\"video-resource__chyron-wrapper invisible\">\n<p>Hear how Richard Avedon crafted this image with Marilyn Monroe<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        0:54<br \/>\n         <span class=\"video-resource__source\"><br \/>\n        <\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vecbn000o3b6r8rwxmm3c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was \u201ca long day,\u201d said Howard. \u201cLots of different costumes, lots of dancing around and moving.\u201d As the shoot wore on, Avedon spotted Monroe off to the side, lost in thought and wearing a drooped expression. He clicked the shutter.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vecbn000p3b6rccout2bb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis was not an accident,\u201d said Howard. \u201cThis is not a moment caught. It\u2019s a moment that he observed. And this is the director in him, the storyteller in him. He went to Marilyn, the brilliant actress, and said \u2018I want that moment in front of the paper.\u2019\u201d Monroe agreed and \u201cit wound up being an absolutely iconic moment.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmp2ncfog00043b6r39hchbhw@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  portrait image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"Lew-Alcindor,-basketball-player,-61st-Street-and-Amsterdam-Avenue,-New-York,-May-2,-1963.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.2704\" data-original-height=\"3176\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/lew-alcindor-basketball-player-61st-street-and-amsterdam-avenue-new-york-may-2-1963.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/lew-alcindor-basketball-player-61st-street-and-amsterdam-avenue-new-york-may-2-1963.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/lew-alcindor-basketball-player-61st-street-and-amsterdam-avenue-new-york-may-2-1963.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/lew-alcindor-basketball-player-61st-street-and-amsterdam-avenue-new-york-may-2-1963.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/lew-alcindor-basketball-player-61st-street-and-amsterdam-avenue-new-york-may-2-1963.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/lew-alcindor-basketball-player-61st-street-and-amsterdam-avenue-new-york-may-2-1963.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/lew-alcindor-basketball-player-61st-street-and-amsterdam-avenue-new-york-may-2-1963.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"&lt;em&gt;Lew Alcindor, basketball player, 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York, May 2, 1963.&lt;\/em&gt;\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3176\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp2n1noq000x3b6rlovayqrv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In this image, the stark white studio is gone. We\u2019re on Lew Alcindor\u2019s turf now. Before he was one of the top NBA players of all time \u2013 now by the name of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar \u2013 he was a high-school kid on the brink of greatness.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vgvd9000z3b6rwkbk3ezx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Looking at the photo, \u201cyou have a feeling about somebody facing their destiny,\u201d said Howard.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vgvd900113b6reyc931cn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For Howard, the image also reflects a transition in Avedon\u2019s career, as he took more of an interest in documenting the civil rights movement and later, the Vietnam War. \u201cAt the peak of his earning power, as he\u2019s really becoming damn-near a household name, and certainly a superstar in the magazine world, the fashion world, and the world of photography, he chooses these projects,\u201d said the director.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vgvd900123b6rekuvqf3b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Projects he was deeply motivated by, but which were not necessarily big earners. \u201cEvery hour that he\u2019s shooting young Lew Alcindor out here, is an hour where he\u2019s not shooting Marilyn Monroe or a magazine cover,\u201d said Howard.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vgvd900133b6ri26hzf5w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ron-howard-avedon-alcindor-split.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ron-howard-avedon-alcindor-split.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ron-howard-avedon-alcindor-split.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ron-howard-avedon-alcindor-split.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"Lew Alcindor, basketball player, 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York, May 2, 1963\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" 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turned his lens on the working class of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/14\/style\/richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-photography-london\">American West<\/a>, this time taking his white backdrop to the butchers, coal miners and waitresses \u2013 making the country\u2019s so-called invisible workforce, sharply visible.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vgvd900153b6r2i8inbxx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe courageously defined himself as this person who was not going to stay in one lane,\u201d said Howard. 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Later, as he recounts in the documentary, \u201cI realized there was a 76-year-old man living in Florida that I didn\u2019t know. And I had to, for the sake of my son and myself, find out who this parent was.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vk2tw00183b6rc6trav4w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Beginning in the late 1960s and up until his father\u2019s death in 1973, Avedon began regularly traveling to Sarasota to take his dad\u2019s portrait.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmp6vk2tw001a3b6ruxqpo991@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As time went on, the elderly Avedon opened up to his son\u2019s camera \u2013 both in his relaxed poses and the intimate conversations they sparked. 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