Richard Avedon First Edition Photographs 1947 - 1977 1st Met Show Hardcover W/DJ
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Hardcover. 4to. Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York. 1978. 250 pgs. Includes 162 full-page photographs of Avedon's works spanning a thirty year period 1947-1977. First Edition/First Printing. Acetate DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ especially around the extremities. Bound in paper covered photo illustrated boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Photographs from 1947...-1977, with an essay by Harold Brodkey. Published concurrently with the opening of a retrospective exhibition at The Metropolitan of Art. By capturing American ideals of celebrity, fashion, and beauty in the 20th and early 21st centuries, Richard Avedon helped to establish photography as a contemporary art form. Avedon’s distinct style of portrait photography is nothing short of iconic. While the portraiture of his contemporaries focused on single moments or composed formal images, his stark lighting and minimalist white backdrops drew the viewer to the intimate, emotive power of the subject’s expression. Between 1945 and 1965, he worked as a fashion photographer, revolutionizing the craft even as he honed his aesthetic. His work appeared in magazines from Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue to Life and Look. Later, he moved into journalism and the art world. His subjects included pop icons, models, musicians, writers, artists, workers, political activists, soldiers, Vietnam War victims, politicians, and his family. Curator Paul Roth observes: “In an Avedon portrait, the face maps an intersection: It is a place where the world outside the photograph meets the world inside the mind.” Richard Avedon First Edition Photographs 1947-1977 1st Met Show Hardcover w/DJ
