The great american photographer in the most important retrospective dedicated to him. 250 unforgettable shots to tell half a century of history and its protagonists, from Marilyn Monroe to Henry Kissinger, from Andy Warhol to Louis Armstrong. Until June 8 in Milan.

250 images. 250 masterpieces: the result of the visual genius of one of greatest American photographers, Richard Avedon (1923-2004). In Milan until 8 June, based in Forma-International Centre for Photography, a retrospective celebrating, as ever had been done before, by the New York artist's career, from early years, during the Second World War, until the last unforgettable shots. < p> Avedon was like few others in the art of photography, thanks to a special style that has been "kidnapped" from the fashion world: so many covers of famous magazine are by him... For the first time with Avedon the models buy personality and becomes a trademark the ability to grasp the "human" of his portraits.

So then buy a value added the faces of many people who have made to immortalize from Avedon:from Marilyn Monroe to Eisenhower, from Truman Capote to the Beatles: great politicians, actors, singers and writers, all caught in a dimension almost intimate and "private ", entailing a great emotional intensity at the viewer,

Impossible not to get caught by the dark and magnetic charm of these photographs, all of which come from the foundation Avedon in New York.

The retrospective, after Milan, will touch other major world capitals: Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and San Francisco.

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10a.m. To 8 p.m. (Thursday and Friday until 10 p.m.). Closed Monday.