Avedon at SFMOMA

About two weeks ago I went to the Richard Avedon exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). I highly recommend this show if you visit the area. It was a bit like reliving the images I grew up with, remembering the politics and the artists of an era. I especially liked two images, which I'm not sure I'm allowed publish here: the photos/triptych of Stravinsky and a portrait of Samuel Beckett.

The Stravinsky photos are especially brilliant, the first with eyes lowered, second eyes slightly raised, and finally fully looking at the viewer. As the photos progress a light seems to come to life in his face. It is a genius's look at another genius, a recognition of inner fire. Amazing.