In this video we're going to do another one photo deep dive and discuss Richard Avedon's seminal 1955 image, Dovima with Elephants.
This is an extremely significant image shot by a young, 32 year old Richard Avedon who was tearing up the fashion photography scene. It was made for Christian Doir's 1955 Autumn/Winter catalog and featured the first evening gown designed by Doir's 19 year old assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent.
In this video, we'll break down the composition, metaphor and series of contrasts that make this image one of the great fashion pictures of the 1950's.
http://theartofphotography.tv/episode/avedon-dovima/
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