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pleasures and days; On the occasion of a big new Avedon retrospective, Carolyn Burke considers his brief, inspiring friendship with Jacques Henri Lartigue.(Richard Avedon)
Byline: Carolyn Burke
The other day Mr. Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art . . . showed me your photographs," Richard Avedon wrote Jacques Henri Lartigue in 1963. "It was one of the most moving and powerful experiences of my life. Seeing them was for me like reading Proust for the first time. You brought me into your world, and isn't that, after all, the purpose of art." Avedon's praise gave him "enormous pleasure," Lartigue replied. The greater an artist's talent, the more he could appreciate the work of others.
With this intimate exchange began a meeting of eyes and minds that would renew Avedon's creative drive and seal Lartigue's international ...
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