{"product_id":"richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-thames-hudson-first-edition-1985","title":"RICHARD AVEDON - IN THE AMERICAN WEST (THAMES \u0026 HUDSON FIRST EDITION 1985)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Richard Avedon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographs \u0026amp; text:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Richard Avedon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesign:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Marvin Israel \u0026amp; Elizabeth Avedon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted and bound:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1985. First British edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover, folio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 36.5 × 29 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Unpaginated (approx. 180 pp.), with over 100 full-page plates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 0-500-54110-8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFine. The book is in impeccable condition with no flaws whatsoever, protected by its original clear acetate dust jacket. Interior and boards pristine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican photographer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRichard Avedon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the American West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, one of the most important and provocative photographic works of the twentieth century and widely regarded as his masterpiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommissioned in 1979 by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the American West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the result of a five-year project during which Avedon traveled through twenty-one western states, photographing more than a thousand ordinary working people against his signature seamless white backdrop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRejecting the romantic myth of the West's openness and grandeur, Avedon turned his camera instead toward its antithesis: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eminers, drifters, ranch hands, slaughterhouse workers, bar girls, gamblers,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and other men and women rendered larger than life, confronting the camera with an intense and unguarded presence. First unveiled in 1985 to equal acclaim and controversy, the series stands as a defining moment in the history of contemporary portraiture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst British edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e simultaneously with the American Abrams edition, brings together more than 100 full-page black-and-white portraits, magnificently reproduced and accompanied by Avedon's own text on his photographic method and philosophy. Printed and bound in Japan, the volume remains a landmark of twentieth-century photographic publishing and one of the defining photobooks of the American West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"richard avedon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52359765655840,"sku":null,"price":470.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/0202\/0128\/files\/avedon-american-west-cover-intermission.png?v=1789521721","url":"https:\/\/intermissionbooks.com\/products\/richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-thames-hudson-first-edition-1985","provider":"intermission books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}