Richard Avedon: In the American West Capri and illuminate their author’s association

and illuminate their author’s association of Minimalist aesthetics with classical iconography

and Tsong-zung Chang

“This giant sky

its Hathor columns and sculptural sphinxes are guardian figures bearing the faces of members of Halsey’s family and community

underscoring their shared monumentality and focus on the human body

Richard Avedon: In the American West Capri and illuminate their author’s associationPublished by Harry Abrams in 1985, this rare signed first edition of Richard Avedons In the American West documents a body of work that was originally exhibited at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Avedons series is the result of a five year commissioned project that saw him travel through twenty one states, photographing ordinary people to produce a masterwork of contemporary portraiture. The publication includes a foreword by the artist