Avedon's France: Old World, New Look

Exploring Richard Avedon’s fascination with France, Avedon’s France brings together a collection of spectacular photographs; selected interviews, letters, publications, and writings (including new material from the Avedon Foundation archives); and substantive essays by the authors. In addition to five portfolios of French sitters spanning a lifetime of portraiture, it looks at Avedon’s apprenticeship to his mentor, Alexei Brodovitch; his encounters with French fashion; his idealized version of Paris in the movie Funny Face; his fresh take on the belle epoque in his book on Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Diary of a Century; and his fruitful association with the magazine Egoïste later in his life. Avedon’s France offers a full account of Avedon’s restless pursuit of new ways of looking at the world, and it reveals a master image maker, a true artist for his time.

Details

Personalities

Avedon Richard

Type

Book

Place of publication

New York City

Publisher

Abrams

Year

2016

Number of pages

800 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9781419726002

Open stacks or available on request

Open stacks

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

770.9 Ave

Volumes

1

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