| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [575]-622) and index. |
| Summary |
A portrait of the twentieth-century photographer examines how Avedon endured intense personal and professional discrimination to join an influential group of artists who transformed women's culture. |
| Contents |
Pictures at an exhibition (1975) -- Keeping up appearances (1923-1936) -- Premature sophisticates (1936-1942) -- The mentors and their prodigy (1942-1945) -- Eau de Paris (1946-1948) -- The proscenium stage (1948-1952) -- Le cirque d'Hiver (1953-1957) -- On borrowed wings (1957-1959) -- The new decade (1960-1962) -- Fire in the belly (1963-1965) -- Tuning in (1965-1967) -- A walk on the wild side (1968-1970) -- Close to home (1970-1971) -- Fathers and sons (1970-1974) -- The closet door (1974-1976) -- Museum piece (1977-1980) -- A balance of opposites (1981-1985) -- The years of his discontent (1986-1992) -- Renewal (1992-1996) -- The elegant denouement (1998-2004). |
| Subject |
Avedon, Richard.
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| Subject(S) |
Photographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Photographers -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Biography of Richard Avedon |
| ISBN |
9780062442710 |
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0062442716 |
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