An Autobiography Richard Avedon
by Avedon, Richard
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0679409211
- ISBN 13
- 9780679409212
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About This Item
Random House, 1993-09-13. Hardcover. Like New. 14x12x2. Hardcover in original cardboard case. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear/tear to slip case. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> <br> Richard Avedon (1923-2004) was born and lived in New York City. His interest in photography began at an early age, and he joined the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) camera club when he was twelve years old. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where he co-edited the school's literary magazine, The Magpie, with James Baldwin. He was named Poet Laureate of New York City High Schools in 1941. Avedon joined the armed forces in 1942 during World War II, serving as Photographer's Mate Second Class in the U.S. Merchant Marine. As he described it, "My job was to do identity photographs. I must have taken pictures of one hundred thousand faces before it occurred to me I was becoming a photographer." At the age of twenty-two, Avedon began working as a freelance photographer, primarily for Harper's Bazaar. Initially denied the use of a studio by the magazine, he photographed models and fashions on the streets, in nightclubs, at the circus, on the beach and at other uncommon locations, employing the endless resourcefulness and inventiveness that became a hallmark of his art. Under Brodovitch's tutelage, he quickly became the lead photographer for Harper's Bazaar. From the beginning of his career, Avedon made formal portraits for publication in Theatre Arts, Life, Look, and Harper's Bazaar magazines, among many others. He was fascinated by photography's capacity for suggesting the personality and evoking the life of his subjects. He registered poses, attitudes, hairstyles, clothing and accessories as vital, revelatory elements of an image. He had complete confidence in the two-dimensional nature of photography, the rules of which he bent to his stylistic and narrative purposes. As he wryly said, "My photographs don't go below the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues." <br> This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1802130004
- Title
- An Autobiography Richard Avedon
- Author
- Avedon, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679409211
- ISBN 13
- 9780679409212
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993-09-13
- Size
- 14x12x2
- X weight
- 151 oz
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