Richard Avedon's studio secrets: the ‘dark days’ behind his dazzling shots
msn.comRichard Avedon. Between 1964 and 1980, Lewin was the late American photographer’s right-hand man – the “nerve centre” of his midtown Manhattan studio. “Sometimes we have a conversation about work… sometimes he just guides me,” Lewin says. “Now I think of it, I wonder, did he dream about me too?
Maybe some kind of nightmare, where he was trying to call me in the middle of the night – ha!”Lewin, who is 83, and an established New York photographer himself, has published a visual memoir of his years with Avedon.
His enchanting pictures, which are also on show in Barcelona, grant rare behind-the-scenes access to a critical moment when Avedon was, more or less single-handedly, spearheading a revolution in fashion and magazine photography.
In his poignant account of their friendship, Lewin recalls how, in 1964, he arrived at Avedon’s studio on East 58th Street to be interviewed for the position of studio assistant.
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