IN THE AMERICAN WEST (SIGNED)

Author: Richard Avedon was an influential American fashion and fine art photographer. His iconic portraits of celebrities, spanned more than half of the 20th century, and included Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, The Beatles, Andy Warhol, and Tupac Shakur. "My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph," he once observed. Perhaps Avedon's biggest stylistic impact was his decision to have his subjects emote-initially working during a time when the prevailing trend had been to present portraits that were still and subdued, his photographs stood out with their intimate viewpoint
Title: IN THE AMERICAN WEST (SIGNED)
Publication: New York: Harry N. Adams, Inc., 1985

Description: Hardcover. Folio12.2 in. x 11.3 in. Unpaginated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with full page black and white photographs. Tan cloth boards with pasted large photograph and dark brown title to front and back. Dark brown title to front. Light sunning to spine. Very Good Plus.

Richard Avedon was an influential American fashion and fine art photographer. His iconic portraits of celebrities, spanned more than half of the 20th century, and included Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, The Beatles, Andy Warhol, and Tupac Shakur. "My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph," he once observed. Perhaps Avedon's biggest stylistic impact was his decision to have his subjects emote-initially working during a time when the prevailing trend had been to present portraits that were still and subdued, his photographs stood out with their intimate viewpoint.

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