Ron Howard traces photographer's creative life in Avedon

  “Light is always changing.”The trailer for Netflix's newly released documentary - Avedon - (tentative translation) uses this sentence to bring the audience into the world of photographer Richard Avedon.The film directed by Ron Howard will be released on Netflix globally on November 11, after premiering at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Avedon has photographed world leaders, pop culture figures and international supermodels.The documentary features in-depth access to his personal archive, including never-before-seen photographs, documentation of his work behind the camera, as well as conversations and new interviews with close collaborators.The film starts from his life and work and asks how these images reflect and change the visual language of the 20th century.The release introduction also points out that even the most iconic photos still only tell part of the story.

Howard's initial interest was in understanding the workings of an artist whom he had long admired from a distance.This is similar to his starting point when he did Pavarotti, the Beatles and Jim Henson.He said that he has always been curious about how someone can create masterpieces repeatedly throughout his life.As the filming progressed, he discovered that Avedon's experience went far beyond the "how" and "what" of photography methods.

“Photography became his philosophy, affecting his worldview and his own existence.”Howard said that this relationship brought unexpected resonance: He came to realize that as he shaped the movie over the years, the movie also shaped himself.The film brings together working images, personal materials and memories of collaborators to illustrate the photographer's thought process.

FirstShowing author Alex Billington was positive about the trailer.He believes that Howard's documentaries in recent years have continued to deepen their character research, and he also recommends this new work to photography enthusiasts.

Howard's recent documentaries include Pavarotti, Rebuilding Paradise, We Feed People, and Jim Henson: Idea Man.He has also been a long-term actor, producer and feature film director. His directorial works include Grand Theft Auto, Splash, Cocoon, Willow, Backdraft, The Paper, and Apollo 13.13), 《Ransom Storm》(Ransom), 《Ed Private Channel》(Edtv).

His subsequent works also include A Beautiful Mind, The Missing, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon, Angels & Demons, The Cheating Dilemma.Dilemma, Rush, In the Heart of the Sea, Inferno, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Hillbilly Elegy and Thirteen Lives.

《Avedon》(Avedon)'s producers are Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Dallas Brennan Rexer, Justin Wilkes, Sarah Bernstein and Christopher St. John.