Elizabeth Avedon


Elizabeth Avedon has a rich history in photography, collaborating with museums, publishing houses, galleries and artists. She has received awards and recognition for her photography exhibition design and publishing projects, including the retrospective exhibition and book, “Avedon: 1949-1979″ for the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; and “Richard Avedon: In the American West” for the Amon Carter Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago, among many others; recently curating several exhibitions at New York’s Leica Gallery. Former Director of Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe and Creative Director for The Gere Foundation, Elizabeth is a regular contributor to ’L’Oeil de la Photographie’ profiling notable leaders in the world of Photography. Her essay, “Self Portrait: My Impressions of Vivian Maier,” was published in John Maloof’s monograph, “Vivian Maier: Self Portraits” (PowerHouse Books).