Research Catalog

Title

Richard Avedon : portraits of power / introduction, Renata Adler ; essays, Paul Roth and Frank Goodyear.

Author

Avedon, Richard

Publication

Göttingen : Steidl ; Washington, D.C. : Corcoran Gallery of Art ; [London : Thames & Hudson [distributor]], 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Roth, Paul
• Goodyear, Frank H. (Frank Henry), Jr., 1944-
• Corcoran Gallery of Art

Description

[295] p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.

Summary

Richard Avedon photographed the faces of politics throughout his career, & this text brings together his political portraits. Juxtaposing images of elite government, media & labour officials with counter-cultural activists, writers & artists, & ordinary citizens caught up in debates, it explores a five-decade taxonomy of politics & power.

Alternative Title

• Portraits of power
• Avedon power

Subject

• Avedon, Richard > Exhibitions
• Portrait photography > Exhibitions
• Celebrities > Portraits > Exhibitions
• Politicians > Portraits > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Portraits
• Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition organized at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. by Paul Roth.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [282-286]).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Director's Foreword / Paul Greenhalgh -- Introduction / Renata Adler -- Preface / Paul Roth -- "A Brief, Intense Intimacy": Avedon and His Subjects / Frank H. Goodyear III -- Family Tree -- Richard Avedon, Politics, and Power 1969-1976: A Chronicle / Paul Roth -- Bibliography / Sarah Campbell and Amanda Maddox.

ISBN

• 9783865216755 (hbk.)
• 3865216757 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 216939562
• SCSB-10099552

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library