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I was watching the other day and there is a scene featuring Eli in a magazine cover. 

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/things-you-missed-in-the-royal-tenenbaums?utm_term=.iegXkJ8LG#.hfd8zadMB


I saw that it is almost identical to a picture taken by Avedon in the Amon Carter in Fort Worth. 

http://fortworth.culturemap.com/eventdetail/amon-carter-museum-american-art-avedon-texas/

I then found this blog that equated the two photos:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wkIBG5zX9QA/SnzrInM-3AI/AAAAAAAAANs/2jGqOUKAUBo/s1600-h/de+donde+saca+la.jpg

In the blog site, the artist is erroneously named as Lartigue, when i nactuality it is Avedon. 

The interesting bit is that Owen Wilson's mom was a photography assistant to Avedon when he took the photo. I'm almost certain this is the inside joke. Anyone else ever noticed or heard of this this?


 

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On 3/28/2018 at 9:07 PM, dcbc said:

Wouldn't surprise me if this was not a coincidence.

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On 3/29/2018 at 8:28 AM, DarthBalls said:

cool. i guess he has a habit of imitating professional photographers as a form of homage

 

No question that Wes is very familiar with all of Laura Wilson's work, as well as with Richard Avedon's work, especially when Laura was his assistant as they travelled the southwest, documenting the locals.

Nothing Wes does is a coincidence. 

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