onlyoldphotography:Richard Avedon: Dovima with Elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Par
onlyoldphotography:Richard Avedon: Dovima with Elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955Already established as one of the most talented young fashion photographers in the business, in 1955 Avedon made fashion and photography history when he staged a photo shoot at a circus. The iconic photograph of that shoot, “Dovima with Elephants,” features the most famous model of the time in a black Dior evening gown with a long white silk sash. She is posed between two elephants, her back serenely arched as she holds on to the trunk of one elephant while reaching out fondly toward the other. The image remains one of the most strikingly original and iconic fashion photographs of all time. “He asked me to do extraordinary things,” Dovima said of Avedon. “But I always knew I was going to be part of a great picture.” -- source link
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