Photographs by Richard Avedon-"In The American West"...

[ret5hd]

We went to this exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth...
It was stunning. It was emotionally draining. It was unlike anything i have been to before.
They are drifters. They are coal miners. They are carneys. They are truckers. They are meatpackers. They are waitresses.
Huge black and white prints, some up to (my guess) 8 feet by 4 feet. Every pore, every line around the eyes, every bit of life's pain in sharp crisp detail.

Simply told...a must see.

Some examples:


Richard Avedon (1923–2004)
James Story, coal miner, Somerset, Colorado, 12/18/79
© 1979, Estate of Richard Avedon
Courtesy Amon Carter Museum
P1985.28.119


Richard Avedon (1923–2004)
Red Owens, oil field worker, Velma, Oklahoma, 6/12/80
© 1980, Estate of Richard Avedon
Courtesy Amon Carter Museum
P1985.28.23


Richard Avedon (1923–2004)
Allen Silvy, drifter, Route 93, Chloride, Nevada, 12/14/80
© 1980, Estate of Richard Avedon
Courtesy Amon Carter Museum
P1985.28.41

[friedcatfish]

1. Thanks for the heads up

Certainly isn't John Wayne and the men of the Pondarosa. Searching for links to the rest of the photos

[ret5hd]

3. i don't know if there are any...

i posted what i could find.

i can't explain the effect this exhibit had. it was literally gut wrenching. Terribly sad on an unexplainable level.

[sonias]

2. Avedon is great

These samples are stunning. We forgot that there is a whole other level of society that some may want to forget. This is America folks. They have lives and they have meaningful stories and this is why we fight for a better world for all.

Looks like a great exhibit.

Sonia

[girl gone mad]

4. I was wondering why I had been selling so many copies of the book recently

now I know.

:)