Talk:Richard Avedon

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Why is he in bisexual? There is no info or source only mention of wives...where are the boyfriends?

• Good point, perhaps we should remove the tag until some documentation is offered. SteveHopson 15:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 my contribution was removed 2 Avedon's pic of Cher: "famous"? 3 WikiProject class rating 4 'Personal Life' Section

[edit] my contribution was removed

hi...

this site is great and i love it but i have a question...(i'm not really upset, just confused..)

i contributed 2 pics to Richard Avedon's page 1st one was the Time cover with Cher (it was moved but it looks ok where its at)...

and i put a pic of Nastassia Kinski with serpant which is nowhere to be found on his page..why was it removed?

i placed it next to the list of famous Avedon photos and that one is named, so i figured to put it there...

i'm pretty sure i added the right tags to keep it there...who removed it and why?

also...did the same person move Cher to a different location...not that it matters but Cher really should be up top (along with Avedon's pic of course).

First: Welcome! Do, please sign your remarks on the talk page by using four tildes (~) That will place your name and datestamp. I'm the one that move the Cher photo and someone else made another improvement leaving my placement. I don't believe that it should be at top as the book cover is more representative. Also it was too large, so I scaled it to be similar to the other images. This makes a better layout. Don't know about the other photo. Doc 22:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Restored the other photo, not sure how it got deleted. Doc 22:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I didn't remove the Kinski photo earlier but just removed it now, because it's a copyvio and not a legitimate fair use. The photo is copyrighted and not licensed under the GFDL nor in the public domain; and we can't just say "fair use" and post any photo we want on Wikipedia because it's a great photo. See Wikipedia:Fair use. Tempshill 17:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Avedon's pic of Cher: "famous"?

We read in a caption: Richard Avedon's famous Time cover of Cher. I'm no expert on Avedon (or Cher), but I'd never heard of this. Moreover, it seems (by Avedon's standards) peculiarly uninteresting. I'm sure that the resolutely middlebrow Time prevented him from doing anything out of the ordinary, and that he earned his fee, but I don't see what this image is doing in the article at all, let alone why it's called "famous". -- Hoary 02:55, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:37, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I can definitely scan the liner notes if need be, but here's even more compelling evidence: John Kelly's own website, featuring his famous photographs. No doubt he wouldn't take official credit on his own website if they weren't his!

http://www.johnkellyfilmsfotos.com/Work.html

[edit] 'Personal Life' Section

I've merged the 'Marriages' and 'Death' sections into a 'Personal Life' section. I think this is neater and more in keeping with other biographical entries. Hope there's no objections. JMalky (talk) 09:22, 12 May 2008 (UTC)