Aronson, a writer who knew Avedon for nearly four decades. The biography was co-written by two people close to the artist: Norma Stevens, Avedon’s onetime studio manager who worked with the artist for 30 years and served as the inaugural director of his foundation, and Steven M.L. There’s just one problem: The artist’s foundation says the book is riddled with falsehoods. Avedon: Something Personal claims that the photographer was bisexual, that he did some “innocent kissing” with James Baldwin, and that he had a decade-long affair with Mike Nichols (and that both men, at one time, planned to abandon their spouses and elope). A dishy new biography about Richard Avedon is packed with salacious details about the famed photographer’s personal life.
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