![]() ![]() While one local reporter stated simply, “This is not our West.” The book is signed by Avedon and includes an essay by him on his process and philosophy for photographing the people he did. “Avedon Takes a Dark View of the West,” proclaimed a New York Times headline. When the exhibition opened it was instantly controversial. Portraits, Photographs 1947-1977, In the American West, An Autobiography. Their dignity and confidence, despite their place in life, is palpable.īut not everyone agreed with Avedon’s choice of subject. Richard Avedon was a Jewish American photographer and one of the most. Their unflinching gaze into the camera is at once, disconcerting and bracing. ![]() The Comforts Portfolio, 02, A Fable in 24 Episodes. Click on an image for information about the photograph. Avedon consistently worked across genres, encompassing portrait, reportage, and fashion photography. In the American West is Avedon’s unvarnished look at the remarkable people he met. The following is a small selection from the thousands of photographs that Richard Avedon took over the course of his sixty-year career. For five years the photographer traveled throughout the Western United States meeting and photographing drifters, gamblers, ranchers, and bar girls. In the American West was Avedon’s attempt to capture the spirit of the people who lived there and gave it its character. Recently reprinted in 2005, this 1985 first edition is from the original exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Texas. Signed by Avedon.Ĭondition: Very good some minor surface wear. ![]()
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