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Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography

  • Written by Rebecca Senf, Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photographyThough Richard Avedon started his career as a fashion photographer, he later became known for his unflinching eye. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images

What obligation does a portrait photographer have to their subject? Is it their duty to cast that person in the best light, or the most revealing light?

As chief curator at the University of Arizona’s...

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