Customer Reviews

RICHARD AVEDON: PORTRAITS OF POWER

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I was shocked when I read the 1-star review, the style the reviewer dislikes is Avedon's signature style, and is what makes the images interesting - Why buy the book than if you don't like that style? The whole concept behind his work is the white-background, so that the viewer is forced to focus on the subject. Avedon has never been about capturing the "moment", but rather about capturing the essence of a person though an up-close portrait.

All of the images are incredibly well reproduced, and having seen them firsthand at the Corcoran Gallery of Art I can attest to the reproduction quality. Avedon does a remarkable job capturing some of the most influential people in the last 50 years, and does so in a way that is truly elegant. The majority of the prints were done using a 8x10 large format camera, and thus the pictures capture an incredible amount of detail.

I highly recommend this book for any serious collector, and especially those who are big Avedon fans.

I saw the photo exhibit at the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, DC. It was amazing! Of course the book was $20 cheaper on Amazon than buying it at the gallery! Hooray Amazon!

this is a wonderful book to all of us who lived through the Nixon years. everyone who comes into our homes is facinated by this book, which is all pictures.

Beautifully well crafted book. I am a fan of Richard Avedon, and through this book you can view most of his greatest portraits. I recommend the book if you want to have a piece of great photography in your hands.

I recently got into photographer Richard Avedon's work last spring and saw that this book was to be released in October so I waited very eagerly. When I got the book I was a little let down after having looked at "Photographs 46-04" because the "wow" factor isn't there in every photo as it is in "Photographs" due to there being alot of politicians portraits. Still a great collection of images but I would recommend the book "Performance" over this one and would say that "Photographs 1946-2004" is the best collection of his work.

While I understand that the author is a renowed photographer, I was dissapointed with the photos displayed in the book: they are comprised of black and white, full frontal, camera facing shots--none even slightly amusing to me. It's my personal preference to view photos that capture a moment in time, or display uncharacteristic poses of the subjects. Neither exists in this book. Perhaps seeing the display in larger than life size may improve the impact of the photos.