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A playful peek behind the closed doors of the Versace homes in Italy and Miami.

More than 200 film stars and performance artists from the second half of the 20th century are portrayed in this collection of photographs, many that have rarely or never been seen before.

The first survey of Richard Avedon''s influential advertising work Richard Avedon was one of the most sought-after and influential advertising photographers in America from the 1940s to the beginning of the 21st century, creating work that exemplified Madison Avenue at the height of its influence in world culture. Working with a talented cadre of models, copy writers, and art directors, Avedon made images that enticed consumers to embrace the new, especially in the areas of fashion and beauty, with campaigns for Revlon, Chanel, Calvin Klein, Dior, and Versace, among many others. Avedon Advertising tells this story, reproducing memorable ads that range from the buoyant 1940s and 1950s, when post-war prosperity opened up new experiences to consumers; through the explosive ''60s; and into the era defined by celebrity culture and global brand awareness.

John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy are one of the most celebrated and beloved couple in American history, and with their two children, they came as close to a Royal Family as America has had since George and Martha Washington. Richard Avedon is America''s most celebrated photographer since Anselm Adams, his work recently recognized by an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the early 1960s Avedon was commissioned by Harpers Bazaar to photograph the Kennedy family, He shot some 220 photographs, of which only 6 were published. He gave the photographs, along with many others, to the Smithsonian Institute in 1965, where they have remained - buried in their archives - ever since. Now, in October 2003, one month before the 40th anniversary of John F. Kennedy''s tragic death, these wonderful photographs are being published--200 of them for the very first time. This is a remarkable set of photographs, by a truly remarkable photographer, of a truly remarkable family - and this really is a publishing event.