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Observations is a collaborative coffee table book with photography by Richard Avedon, commentary by Truman Capote and design by Alexey Brodovitch. It features a slipcase with color, all-capitalized lettering; the book itself is further housed in a clear acetate / glassine slip cover and is printed with the same bold design as the ...
4 de abr. de 2011 · Richard Avedon, with comments by Truman Capote. Publisher. Simon & Schuster, 1959. IMAGE ©RICHARDAVEDON.COM. Overview. Like Robert Frank’s ‘The Americans,’ which we discussed last month in the Photo Book Club, American photographer Richard Avedon’s first book, ‘Observations,’ was published in 1959.
Observations Photographs By Richard Avedon. Hardcover – January 1, 1959. Photographs by Richard Avedon with text by Truman Capote in French. Approx. 15 in. x 11 in. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
Observations, with photographs by Richard Avedon, texts by Truman Capote, and graphic design by Alexey Brodovitch, was the height of sophisticated elegance when published in 1959. And it is without a doubt among the most influential photographic books of the twen- tieth century.
Edition: First edition. This early book on Richard Avedon presents the photographer’s striking portraits from the 1940s and ’50s of luminaries as well as a profile of Avedon by Truman Capote and literary sketches of the portrait subjects by the novelist.
Avedon produced and published a number of books over the years. In addition to In the American West (1985), his books include Observations (1959), Nothing Personal (1964), Portraits (1976), and his fashion survey Photographs 1947–1977 (1978).
8 de abr. de 2011 · Erik Palmer on Avedon’s ‘Observations’. By admin. 8th April 2011. No Comments. Erik Palmer, creative director of Vico Collective and teacher of communication theory at Portland State, offered this great comment to Wayne Ford’s synopsis yesterday that we thought was deserving of it’s own post.
