Richard Avedon – In The American West: Photo Icons Explained

At 55 fashion photographer, Richard Avedon was at the height of his career, shooting the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Richard Nixon. After suffering from a life-threatening heart inflammation he began to grapple with his own mortality. It was the feelings and emotions of those days that instilled a desire in him to work on a project away from the glitter and glamour of the fashion industry. It was this raw and provoking portrait series focusing mostly on the working class people throughout the western U.S, that would become his most important body of work.

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Copyright Credits:
All of Richard Avedon's work - The Richard |Avedon Foundation
Ansel |Adams - AAPRT
BTS Avedon at work - Laura Wilson
Kodak commercial - Kodak
Large Format Camera video - Oliver Prout (https://www.youtube.com/c/olitography)
Avedon video footage - American Masters: Richard Avedon Darkness And Light / Helen Whitney
The Searchers trailer - C.V. Whitney Pictures
Avedon exhibition - Eric Minh Swenson. EMS Legacy Films (https://www.youtube.com/user/skunkkilo)
Avedon Pirelli Calendar - The Associated Press
Deardorff camera photograph – david_r_munson

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