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Philip Gefter is an American author and photography historian. His books include Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ; [2] What Becomes A Legend Most, the biography of Richard Avedon ; [3] and Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe , [4] the biography of Sam Wagstaff ...
He was an editor at The New York Times for over fifteen years and wrote about photography for the paper. He was the photography critic for the Daily Beast in its early years and contributes frequently to The New Yorker: Photobooth and Aperture, the quarterly of photography.
Philip Gefter’s biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most,” follows the career of one of the 20th century’s most successful photographers. By Caroline Weber Richard Avedon’s Wall-Size Ambitions
16 de out. de 2020 · Toward the beginning of “What Becomes a Legend Most,” Philip Gefter sets a scene. A 17-year-old Dicky Avedon, awkward and insecure but with “a would-be poet’s impulse” to look for magic ...
19 de out. de 2020 · Philip Gefter’s new biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most,” argues for Avedon’s place as one of the 20th century’s most consequential artists. Skip to content Skip to site index.
Philip Gefter is an American author and photography historian. His books include Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; What Becomes A Legend Most, the biography of Richard Avedon; and Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe, the biography of Sam Wagstaff, for which he received the ...
Philip Gefter's forthcoming book on Richard Avedon, What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon is the first definitive study of the legendary artist’s life. From Avedon’s early years, to his transformative work for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue , and beyond , What Becomes a Legend Most offers a detailed and luminous portrait of the man and his era.
