Secret powers of Avedon's 'family'

While we were in DC we stopped by the Corcoran Gallery of Art to see Richard Avedon's Portraits of Power exhibition.

Lot of interesting stuff there, including the 1976 portrait series “The Family,” -- 69 individual portraits for Rolling Stone magazine of the most powerful people in the United States. Reagan, Carter, Kissinger, Barbara Jordan, Tip O'Neil, Caesar Chavez, plus a lot of Washington bureaucrats we didn't know.

Martin spotted the most interesting bureaucrat:

W. Mark Felt, Former Associate Director, F.B.I., Fairfax, Virginia, 7-8-76

He was indeed very powerful in the early-70s, but only a few people knew how powerful. It wasn't until May 2005 the rest of us learned he was Deep Throat.

Labels: politics

- posted by Amy @ 11/11/2008 04:41:00 PM