RICHARD AVEDON
Ronald Fischer, Beekeeper 1981
new york city
hands: richard avedon, 5.3.94

Even before Richard Avedon started his project In the American West in 1979, he planned to photograph a man covered with bees. He advertised for a subject, and found Ronald Fischer, a Chicago banker and amateur beekeeper. After queen-bee pheromone was applied to his skin (to attract drones), the tall, shaven-headed Fischer stood patiently outdoors in Davis, California, while Avedon ran though a stack of 8 x 10 inch film holders, and they both got stung.