New Releases by Richard Avedon

The first survey of Richard Avedon''s influential advertising work Richard Avedon was one of the most sought-after and influential advertising photographers in America from the 1940s to the beginning of the 21st century, creating work that exemplified Madison Avenue at the height of its influence in world culture. Working with a talented cadre of models, copy writers, and art directors, Avedon made images that enticed consumers to embrace the new, especially in the areas of fashion and beauty, with campaigns for Revlon, Chanel, Calvin Klein, Dior, and Versace, among many others. Avedon Advertising tells this story, reproducing memorable ads that range from the buoyant 1940s and 1950s, when post-war prosperity opened up new experiences to consumers; through the explosive ''60s; and into the era defined by celebrity culture and global brand awareness.

In the early 1960s, Richard Avedon was commissioned by Harper''s Bazaar to create Observations, a column that consisted of a series of nine photographic essays. The subject of the first essay was John F. Kennedy and his young family, who sat for formal black-and-white portraits just three weeks prior to Kennedy''s presidential inauguration. Six images appeared in the magazine''s February 1961 issue. That same day, Avedon created more informal color portraits of Kennedy and his family at the Kennedy compound in Palm Beach. One of these images ran as the cover of LOOK magazine''s February 28 issue, with photographs by Avedon inside. Just before the magazine hit the newsstands and was delivered to over 6.5 million people, a set of photographs, comprised mostly of the LOOK images, was released by the White House and appeared in newspapers across the country. During his lifetime, Richard Avedon donated more than two hundred images to the Smithsonian Institution, including all of the photographs of the Kennedy family sitting for Harper''s Bazaar. Smithsonian curator Shannon Thomas Perich has culled more than seventy-five images from that donation for The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family, making these stunning photographs available for view for the first time. Perich''s introductory essay—accompanied by a wealth of archival photographs of both Avedon and the Kennedy family—provides historical background on the two sittings within a political and cultural context and critically examines the work of one of the finest photographers of the twentieth century. A foreword by Robert Dallek, distinguished historian and author of the bet-selling An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, provides authoritative and compelling insight to one of the most fascinating presidents in American history.

Una retrospectiva del trabajo de Richard Avedon en el mundo de la moda. Una obra fundamental, no sólo en el ámbito de la fotografía de la moda, sino también en el más amplio espectro de la fotografía de posguerra. Edición publicada conjuntamente con la exposición Avedon Fashion 1944-2000. Este libro abarca toda la carrera de Avedon en Harper''s Bazaar, Vogue y The New Yorker, así como su obra para otras publicaciones y clientes. Hay fotografías de casi todas las épocas de su carrera en las revistas de moda, incluidas una serie de imágenes de las cuales no existían copias, que se han positivado de negativos y páginas de revistas. Durante su larga carrera Avedon concibió fotografías en las que la ropa y los accesorios tan sólo eran parte de lo que quería mostrar y expresar sobre las mujeres y la cultura que le rodeaba. La intensidad de las fotografías de moda de Avedon procede de una psicología compleja y ambivalente. Los aspectos más sombríos y que emocionalmente retan más su curiosidad sobre las personas resultan claramente perceptibles en los retratos y en los proyectos documentales que realizó en paralelo con sus fotografías de moda o relacionadas con ella.

In August 2007 Denmark''s renowned Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presented "Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004," the first major retrospective devoted to Avedon''s work since his death in 2004. This beautifully produced catalogue, designed by the renowned Danish graphic designer Michael Jensen, features deluxe tritone printing and varnish on premium paper. It includes 125 reproductions of Avedon''s greatest work from the entire range of his oeuvre-including fashion photographs, reportage and portraits-and spans from his early Italian subjects of the 1940s to his 2004 portrait of the Icelandic pop star Bjork. It also features a small number of color images, including what must be one of the most famous photographic portraits of the twentieth century, "Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent" (1981). Texts by Jeffrey Fraenkel, Judith Thurman, Geoff Dyer, Christoph Ribbat, Rune Gade and curator Helle Crenzien offer a sophisticated and thorough composite view of Avedon''s career.

''Woman in the Mirror'' is a survey of photographs of women throughout Richard Avedon''s career, including images of both celebrities and ordinary citizens in his glamorous and unsparing style.

John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy are one of the most celebrated and beloved couple in American history, and with their two children, they came as close to a Royal Family as America has had since George and Martha Washington. Richard Avedon is America''s most celebrated photographer since Anselm Adams, his work recently recognized by an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the early 1960s Avedon was commissioned by Harpers Bazaar to photograph the Kennedy family, He shot some 220 photographs, of which only 6 were published. He gave the photographs, along with many others, to the Smithsonian Institute in 1965, where they have remained - buried in their archives - ever since. Now, in October 2003, one month before the 40th anniversary of John F. Kennedy''s tragic death, these wonderful photographs are being published--200 of them for the very first time. This is a remarkable set of photographs, by a truly remarkable photographer, of a truly remarkable family - and this really is a publishing event.

Posed pictorial illustration of a prostitution story in a cinema-like sequence.

This work offers a portrait of the sixties by photographer, Richard Avedon. In addition to the photographs of those who characterized the era, there are fifty interviews including Dr Spock and Janis Joplin. Portraits include The Beatles, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote and American Nazi Party.

Le photographe Richard Avedon et l''écrivain Doon Arbus collaborent depuis trente ans à l''élaboration de ce livre. A travers les photographies et les interviews qu''ils réalisèrent alors, transparaît l''esprit d''une époque restée intacte, comme capturée. Rencontrer quelqu''un et coucher avec, ça veut dire quelque chose, mais pas autant qu''avant. JANIS JOPLIN, SEPTEMBER 1969 Dans une société où l''oppression est institutionnalisée, la seule chose à faire c''est de surprendre le gouvernement et les entreprises la main dans le sac - en train d''arnaquer les autres, tu vois. FLORYNCE KENNEDY, AUGUST 1969 J''avais tellement peur de faire des bêtises et de me faire attraper. DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK, SEPTEMBER 1969 Les liens qui existent entre la rhétorique et la poésie, entre les propos d''un Black Panther et ceux d''un chanteur de rock ou d''un militant pacifiste, entre les cicatrices d''un artiste Pop et celles d''une victime du napalm donnent au livre une structure d''une force et d''une indépendance particulières.

A group of master photographers--including Richard Avedon, Inge Morath, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, among others--have each chosen images by a photographer whose work they feel deserves wider attention. Included are interviews and commentary explaining why the selected artists have made an impact on these photographers'' lives. In turn, the volume presents significant images by the masters themselves, creating a dialogue of influence and inspiration. 60 photos.

A playful peek behind the closed doors of the Versace homes in Italy and Miami.

A startling new look at the life''s work of a photographer who had an enormous impact on the way we see the world.