

Avedon
Directed by Ron Howard
Richard Avedon’s photographs didn’t just reflect culture, they shaped it, and continue to do so. The feature documentary AVEDON traces the life and legacy of an artist who used fashion, portraiture, and commercial photography to explore identity, power, fear and beauty. With unprecedented access to Avedon’s archive, including never before seen photos, behind the scenes recordings, and interviews with those who knew… From TMDB
47 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
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Avedon is a 2026 documentary film, directed by Ron Howard.
- 41 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy
- posts span Jul 11, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026
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47 of 47 · most liked firstHappy birthday remembrance to actress and model Suzy Parker🎂 First image is from Chamber of Horrors (1966) she also appeared on Twilight Zone and Night Gallery. She was the face of Coco Chanel and the muse of Richard Avedon. The Beatles wrote a song about her for their film Let it Be.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatch complete of this early 90s DTV gem. Absolutely insane story, sound effects and actors yelling their lines all saved by amazing HK inspired action choreography. Keith Cooke has one fight but steals the movie as Prang. Final fight is an all-timer with Avedon and Blanks delivering in spades.
positive · AI labelView post →October 30, 1969: Andy Warhol and members of The Factory, New York City 📷 Richard Avedon
neutral · AI labelView post →Stanley Donen's Funny Face: the “Think Pink” number featured models Suzy Parker, Sunny Harnett & Dovima. The on-set advisor for Fred Astaire's camera work in this film was Parker's close chum Richard Avedon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0NJ...
neutral · AI labelView post →SDXL first attempt. 1- 3Dmm, (half body portrait:1.1), Disney princess Ariel, with red hair, wearing a summer dress, wearing fashion jewelry and accessories, looking at the viewer, an innocent sexy smile, modern city in the background, shallow depth of field, bokeh, 3D urban art, octane render, in style of Richard Avedon and Ralph Gibson 2 - (half body portrait:1.1), photography of grungy Disney princess Ariel, with red hair, wearing a summer dress, looking at the viewer, an innocent sexy…
neutral · AI labelView post →AVEDON (2026) - Official Trailer Streaming: November 11, 2026 Netflix #Avedon whentostream.com/ron-howards-...
neutral · AI labelView post →“The Rules of the Game stands above all other films because, quite simply, it has it all. If one movie can stand for all others, represent all that film can be, that film is The Rules of the Game.” – Paul Schrader Jean Renoir #botd by Richard Avedon (1972) #JeanRenoir #PaulSchrader #Photography
neutral · AI labelView post →AVEDON (2026) Streaming: November 11, 2026 Netflix #Avedon whentostream.com/ron-howards-...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching No Retreat No Surrender 3 Blood Brothers (1990) Been wanting to rewatch this for awhile, I love this film so much! Loren Avedon and Keith Vitali are entertainment 💖
positive · AI labelView post →My thrifting luck continued today! Some highlights of today's haul are: * Sex Medusa starring Carrie Ng * A David DeCoteau horror movie * My favorite season of Baywatch (with my favorite episode - Kicks - guest starring Loren Avedon) #PhysicalMedia
neutral · AI labelView post →So someone who worked on the movie wrote about how completely fit and ripped Billy Blanks was when this movie was made, and some of the shenanigans they had to do to make it look like Loren Avedon had a snowball's shot in hell of surviving a fight with him. #riffotronic
neutral · AI labelView post →Photographer 'Dick Avery' played by Fred Astaire with his muse 'Jo Stockton' (Audrey Hepburn) A promotional still for the film 'Funny Face' which premiered on this day, March the 28th, in 1957. Image was taken by renowned photographer Richard Avedon. #FilmSky #Photography #RichardAvedon #OTD 🎬📷📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →April 7, 1925: Doe Avedon, a fashion model and actress with a spurt of fame in movies and TV in the 1950s, is born (as Dorcas Nowell) in Old Westbury, N.Y. Her discovery by the photographer Richard Avedon, her first husband, inspired the Audrey Hepburn movie "Funny Face."
neutral · AI labelView post →In 1958, Life Magazine invited Marilyn and photographer Richard Avedon to recreate images of five celebrated actresses of different eras, in a work entitled “Fabled Enchantresses”. Here, Marilyn portrays silent movie star Theda Bara 💋 #MarilynMonroe
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix has announced the titles arriving on its streaming platform in November 2026, including new movie premieres POSSIBLE LOVE, A DOG’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS, AVEDON, HEARTLAND, GENTLE MONSTER, STEPS and THE MOSQUITO BOWL. Here's the full breakdown: whentostream.com/heres-whats-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Marilyn Monroe dressed as silent film star Theda Bara in her role as Cleopatra (1917), photographed by Richard Avedon for LIFE magazine in 1958
neutral · AI labelView post →Ron Howard’s documentary — simply titled, “Avedon” — which premiered at Cannes Film Festival over the weekend #RichardAvedon #RonHoward #FilmSky #photography
neutral · AI labelView post →Ron Howard’s new film on famed photographer Richard Avedon, explained in four remarkable shots www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Photography has evolved significantly over the past century, transitioning from traditional film to modern digital technologies. Early 20th-century photographers like Edward Weston and Richard Avedon set the foundation for contemporary portrait photography, creating images that emphasized both the
neutral · AI labelView post →TIL that Marilyn Monroe did a photoshoot as Theda Bara's Cleopatra. Done by Richard Avedon for Life Magazine in 1958. The most interesting part is that the 1917 Cleopatra film had been lost for over twenty years by that point. 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →artist Francis Bacon, playwrite Samuel Beckett and Movie Director John Ford more of Richard Avedon's portrait photography genius from exhibit at The Image Center in Toronto #photgraphy #portraitphotgraphy #Art #Friday #RoshHashana2026 So many great portraitists were Jewish, like Avedon, Irving Penn
neutral · AI labelView post →A new documentary about photographer Richard Avedon, directed by Ron Howard and debuting at the Cannes Film Festival, uses archival footage and contemporary interviews to weave the story of just how far his influence extends www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianm...
neutral · AI labelView post →Art lovers Richard Avedon, film/exhibit/Metropolitan Museum of Art www.metmuseum.org/perspectives... @jakichantler.bsky.social @tepizep.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @maryapetry.bsky.social @nancyterhune.bsky.social @hcandler.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →In 1967, actress Claudia Cardinale (#BOTD) -- who was in the midst of filming the summer movie Don't make Waves on June 16, 1967 -- was asked to pose at a Richard Avedon photo session with Frank Zappa and Carl Franzoni & Elliot Ingber of Zappa's band, the Mothers, for the European magazine Época.
neutral · AI labelView post →Richard Avedon, Gloria Vanderbilt, and soon to be husband director Sidney Lumet, at a party for the premiere of the movie ‘East of Eden’.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fred Astaire's character is based on photographer Richard Avedon. In fact, it is Avedon who set up most of the photography for this film. Japanese movie poster for Stanley Donen's Funny Face (1957).
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie has Kay Thompson, Gershwin songs, Paris and glorious Avedon color, fashion, and maybe the best musical arrangements of any movie ever. Who could ask for anything more? I repeat the movie has Kay Thompson doing her Persian Room Gospel Scat, and you're givin' me anti-intellectualism!
positive · AI labelView post →You were probably right. It was said that it took nearly two hours to coax the snake into the right position. Avedon must have run through many 8×10s - a session said to have wasted both film and time until the very last moment.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some #StarWars trivia. George Lucas (or the designer of the Princess Lea ‘bikini’) clearly saw this image at some stage. Oh, and the woman in the photo posing as silent film star Theda Bara for Life Magazine in 1958? It's #MarilynMonroe. Photo by Richard Avedon.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some magazine commissioned Avedon to shoot a series of Marilyn as different movie stars. It shouldn't be hard to find the rest – I've posted a few, so you can look at my account to start
neutral · AI labelView post →Ron Howard has made a film about the #photographer Richard Avedon. Oddly, doesn't seem like much info about it, other than it premiering at Cannes www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/pre... www.imdb.com/title/tt4159... #photography
neutral · AI labelView post →Avedon did a bunch of those for the movie. I had "Kinski and the Serpent" up on my wall in college.
neutral · AI labelView post →She steals the entire movie out from under Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. It's a nearly perfect movie, but I wish they'd cast someone younger than Fred Astaire. This photo of him & Richard Avedon just underlines how they much they whiffed the casting of the sexy photographer.
neutral · AI labelView post →#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #MM Marilyn Monroe Poses as Theda Bara, the Silent Film Star, in 1958, for Life Magazine 📷 Richard Avedon
neutral · AI labelView post →Marilyn Monroe playing the ukulele in a promo photo from the film 'Some Like It Hot', 1959. {📸 Richard Avedon}
neutral · AI labelView post →A COMPLETE UNKNOWN after party last Thursday after previewing the film and filing an “Extreme Typing” story inside. By agreement with Searchlight Pictures, we can’t publish any review until this Tuesday or later, re: Dylan’s early days in NYC. Photo: LSK & Richard Avedon
neutral · AI labelView post →NEWS: Ron Howard's Documentary About Photographer Richard Avedon Gets a Trailer The new film arrives soon! We previously posted that Academy Award–winning filmmaker Ron Howard ("Jim Henson - Idea Man", "Solo: A Star Wars Story", "Happy Days") is bring... Click below to read in full:
neutral · AI labelView post →'Avedon' Trailer Previews Buzzy Documentary!! Check It Out!! #RichardAvedon, #Netflix, #RonHoward, #Avedon
neutral · AI labelView post →Ron Howard’s New Netflix Movie With Big Oscar Buzz Avedon Scores Trailer https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/2210394-ron-howard-netflix-avedon-documentary-trailer
neutral · AI labelView post →King of the Kickboxers starring Loren Avedon and Billy Blanks. I had to order this Blu-ray from Germany because it's available nowhere else. A classic MA movie I used to watch all the time when I was younger and into martial arts. My vhs copy is all gone. Also called No Retreat No Surrender 4
neutral · AI labelView post →And Loren Avedon never worked another day in his life. Now, he camps on the California beach living off residuals form this here movie! 🙏 #KungFuSat #TheKingOfKickboxers
neutral · AI labelView post →NEWS: Ron Howard's Documentary About Photographer Richard Avedon is Coming to Netflix This Year Academy Award–winning filmmaker Ron Howard ("Jim Henson - Idea Man", "Solo: A Star Wars Story", "Happy Days") is bringing his new documentary to Netflix la... Click below to read in full:
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix dives into the art world by acquiring Ron Howard’s Avedon documentary for 2026. Will it dominate awards season? #Netflix #Avedon #Film #Movies #GeekNews https://ftwr.cloud/en/news/3b6d3699-5ccb-4e24-bfda-28d1c6380955
neutral · AI labelView post →Ron Howard new documentary film, Avedon, reminds us why the greatest photographer of the 20th century didn't care what camera he used :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Before becoming an Oscar-winning director, Ron Howard stepped into the world of Richard Avedon. An interesting look at photography, image-making and the early influences surrounding one of Hollywood’s most recognisable filmmakers #RichardAvedon #RonHoward #FineArtPhotography #Documentary
neutral · AI labelView post →Ron Howard's **Avedon** premieres at Cannes, showcasing the genius of iconic photographer Richard Avedon. A film that celebrates artistry! #Avedon #RonHoward #FilmFestival #Movies #GeekNews https://ftwr.cloud/en/news/dd8c2248-0f78-4ecf-a78e-8e230c57ef35
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Avedon’ Review: Ron Howard’s Portrait of an Icon Who Shot Portraits of Icons https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/avedon-review-ron-howard-documentary-1235194437/
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