[LargeFormat] Richard Avedon passes.................

[Ken Hough]

Richard Avedon passed on today.
A mutual friend of Richards and mine called me as soon as he found 
out about the first hemmorrhage on Saturday at a shoot. I repaired 
his 8x10 Deardorff twice. He was a very nice and humble man. We used 
to discuss the ease that the V8 Deardorff could be used. He loved 
that camera. The first time he called me was 10 years ago. He said 
his V8 was not working smooth. I asked him if he ever lubed it. He 
gasped and said "never thought of it!" I sent him some grease I use 
with instructions. He called me from location in Europe and was all 
excited. He said he wished some people would change as much as his 
camera after a "good lubing".  He used it till the end from what I 
heard.
Ken