It was easy to miss the door opposite the studio manager’s desk, which led to a steep, narrow staircase that went up to Avedon’s apartment. Elizabeth Taylor, Truman Capote, Allen Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton, and Nastassja Kinski would all be greeted by the studio manager and head to the waiting area: a couple of black director’s chairs under a giant print of Dovima With Elephants, the most famous of Avedon’s fashion photographs. For the past 34 years, on a quiet block on the Upper East Side, many of the most important figures of our time - and some of its greatest beauties - passed through the arched entrance to Richard Avedon’s studio.
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