Avedon At Work: in The American West

Wilson, Laura. Avedon At Work: in the American West. Univ Art Museum, 2003.
0292701937, FLAWLESS COPY - AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, WHY WAIT? -- 129 Pages 11 x 9 in. - Laura Wilson's fascinating account of working with Richard Avedon during his creation of In the American West, the landmark body of work commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum. From the Foreword by Larry McMurtry: "Laura Wilson shadowed the Shadower, and showed us as much as can be shown of how his work was done."
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Disfarmer, Mike (Photographer) & Scully, Julia (Contributor). DISFARMER: HEBER SPRINGS PORTRAITS 1939-1946 Limited Edition. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1996.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 208 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. Pioneering retrospective collection of portrait-photograph s. One of the greatest photography books of the 20th century. Limited Edition of 4000 copies. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. An austerely elegant and moving production by Jack Woody, Robin Jacobson and Eleanor Caponigro: Regular-sized volume format. Rich black silk cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Mike Disfarmer. The entire collection belongs to Peter Miller and Julia Scully. Essay by Julia Scully appended at the end. Printed in sheetfed gravure on thick matte stock paper by the Nissha Printing Company in Kyoto, Japan to absolutely the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the spine, as issued. Presents the single most comprehensive selection of Disfarmer's studio portraits, which are now regarded as among the most important discoveries ever in the medium's history. In the small mountain town of Heber Springs, the Arkansas photographer quietly and patiently recorded and captured the lives (and emotions) of the people of rural America between 1939 and 1946. Critics have hailed Disfarmer's remarkable portraits as a work of artistic genius and a classic episode in the history of American photography. "Disfarmer is the real thing, and no other rediscovered photographer of the last quarter-century, excepting E. J. Bellocq, comes close to equalling his native genius" (Publisher's blurb) . "Portraits that are spectacularly profound. A visual genius" (The Village Voice) . Avedon openly acknowledged his immense debt to Disfarmer, and neither his "Portraits" nor "In The American West" would be possible without Disfarmer's seminal example. Two major retrospectives of the photographer's work were held in 2005, and his work is now in major private and public collections. As always, the portraits speak for themselves, and speak to us with the moving and reverberant power of the past, a gentle, calm "voice" to our turbulent time. A "must-have" title for Mike Disfarmer collectors. <b><i> This title remains available in multiple subsequent printings. This is one of very few copies of the true First Edition still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. </b></i> 182 gravure plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MIKE DISFARMER AND E. J BELLOCQ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0944092381.

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Penn, Irving (Photographer) & Liberman, Alexander (Contributor). IRVING PENN PASSAGE: A WORK RECORD Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 300 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The photographer's third retrospective collection. Now considered a late-modern photography classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. An austerely elegant production by Irving Penn and Nicholas Callaway: Oversize-volume format. Handsome linen cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Irving Penn. Essay by Alexander Lieberman. Printed on thick coated stock paper in the United States to the very highest standards. In pictorial DJ with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents some of the most iconic, moving, and simply beautiful photographs ever taken in the 20th century by one of its greatest photographers. The book is aptly titled as the passage of time, place, unique cultures, and beautiful men and women have been Irving Penn's (and photography's) greatest subject. The portrait of two shabbily dressed American-Indian children shyly posing for the camera, their hands resting on an ornate European colonial-period table, is classic Irving Penn, a testament to his greatness and humane-ness as a photographer. It is everything the 20th century is about in one simple yet stunning image: Colonialism and culture, The Old and The New, Rich and Poor, North and South, East and West. "If Richard Avedon was a snapshot Delacroix, all fire and figures, Penn was Ingres with a Leica, all ravishing edges and perfect composition and a quality of deep color that was the envy of every other photographer" (Adam Gopnik). Irving Penn died on October 7, 2009 at the age of 92, his place in photographic history permanent and secure. A sumptuous, heartbreakingly beautiful book, this is a "must-have" title for Irving Penn collectors. <b><i> This title has been out-of-print for a very long time and is now highly collectible. This is one of very few copies of the First Edition still available online and has absolutely no flaws, a pristine beauty. The copy was in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, had to be removed to check it is the First Edition, and is now protected in plastic covers. Copies available online now command as much as1000. A rare copy thus. </b></i> 470 black-and-white and color plates. Irving Penn's "Moments Preserved" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER IRVING PENN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679404910.

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Laura Wilson ; Foreword-Larry McMurtry: Avedon at Work: In the American West (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Imprint) University of Texas Press 2003-11-01 ISBN: 0292701934
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