Avedon at Work: In the American West (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Imprint)
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Photography & Video
Avedon at Work: In the American West (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Imprint) Details
About the Author Laura Wilson is a photographer whose previous books are Hutterites of Montana and Watt Matthews of Lambshead. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, the Washington Post Magazine, and London’s Sunday Times Magazine. She lives in Dallas. Read more
Reviews
As a photographer who has enjoyed Avedon's portraits for many years, this book provided excellent insight into his working style and how he engaged his subjects during this lengthy project. The combination of his portraits and Wilson's behind the scenes photos provided a rarely seen view of a great artist at work. The coverage of the failures as well as the successes was particularly refreshing. I found it to be well-written and some of the stories were quite touching.
