This photograph was taken on Dovima's first trip to Paris with Avedon. Here she models a look from the Oblique Line, Autumn/Winter 1950. Avedon later celebrated Dovima as "the most remarkable and unconventional beauty of her time." But he also described her as "simply a creation; she didn't exist as herself. Her name was made up (DOrothy VIrginia MArgaret Juba), her face was made up, her attitude was made up...."
This photograph was taken on Dovima's first trip to Paris with Avedon. Here she models a look from the Oblique Line, Autumn/Winter 1950. Avedon later celebrated Dovima as "the most remarkable and unconventional beauty of her time." But he also described her as "simply a creation; she didn't exist as herself. Her name was made up (DOrothy VIrginia MArgaret Juba), her face was made up, her attitude was made up...."
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