I n 1965, legendary photographer Richard Avedon guest-edited the April issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The first cover line read, “What’s Happening?” A lot was happening then: The war in Vietnam was picking up, and so were protests against it; the civilrights movement was in full swing, and a few months later President Johnson would sign the Voting Rights Act into law; the space race was on. It was a time of great upheaval, change, and political polarization. To answer the question posed on the cover, Avedon, who was the sole photographer for the issue, assembled writers and artists like Tom Wolfe, James Baldwin, and Roy Lichtenstein.
Sixty years later, America is again at the crossroads of change. Our civil rights are being threatened; our collective progress is being erased. We decided…
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Harper's Bazaar (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025