Avedon at Work: In the American West by Laura Wilson (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Avedon at Work by Laura Wilson, Larry McMurtry Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description How Avedon created his famous work. Publisher Description Internationally acclaimed for his portraits of powerful and accomplished people and women of great beauty, Richard Avedon was one of the 20th centurys greatest photographers - but perhaps not the most obvious choice to create a portrait of ordinary people of the American West. Yet in 1979, the Amon Carter Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, daringly commissioned him to do just that. The resulting 1985 exhibition and book, "In the American West", was a milestone in American photography and Avedons most important body of work. His unflinching portraits of oilfield and slaughterhouse workers, miners, waitresses, drifters, mental patients, teenagers, and others captured the unknown and often-ignored people who work at hard, uncelebrated jobs. Making no apologies for shattering stereotypes of the West and Westerners, Avedon said, "Im looking for a new definition of a photographic portrait. Im looking for people who are surprising-heartbreaking-or beautiful in a terrifying way. Beauty that might scare you to death until you acknowledge it as part of yourself". Photographer Laura Wilson worked with Avedon during the six years he was making "In the American West".In "Avedon at Work", she presents a unique photographic record of his creation of this masterwork - the first time a major photographer has been documented in great depth over an extended period of time. She combines images she made during the photographic sessions with entries from her journal to show Avedons working methods, his choice of subjects, his creative process, and even his experiments and failures. Also included are a number of Avedons finished portraits, as well as his own comments and letters from some of the subjects. Author Biography Laura Wilson is a photographer whose previous books are Hutterites of Montana and Watt Matthews of Lambshead. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, the Washington Post Magazine, and Londons Sunday Times Magazine. She lives in Dallas. Details ISBN 0292701934 ISBN-13 9780292701939 Title Avedon at Work Author Laura Wilson, Larry McMurtry Format Hardcover Year 2003 Pages 132 Publisher University of Texas Press GE_Item_ID:2737259; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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