Evidence: 1944-1994

by Jane Livingston, David A. Ross, Richard Avedon, et al.

The definitive account of the life and work of Richard Avedon, to accompany a major retrospective of the photographic work at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067940922X
• ISBN13: 9780679409229
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 5.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.3" x 14.4"

Customer Reviews

An Autobiogarphy in pictures

You want to see the best of Richard Avedon's photography? Well this is the book for you, no doubt

Beautiful and amazing photography

This is a book of photography with great detail. The book shows the photography of the artist as well as the long paragraphs about what the artist was doing during the time that he took the photograph and why he chose to take it in such a manner. The photography of Richard Avedon is showing in a variety of sizes, which is in the manner he would show his photography in a gallery. I think that works very well, because there are parts in the book where certain pages are dedicated to just one photograph. I was fascinated with the timetable of his photography, that actually takes up a fourth of the book, in which is it displayed by photographs of his work as well as his personal life. I enjoy the selection of photographs that are in this book because even though they are all portraits, they are interpreted in so many different ways. Each photograph tells something, either of the photographer or the subject that is being photographed. The size of the book is very large, but it works perfectly with the subject it is portraying. The photographs are enjoyable in the sense that they can be seen with great detail. I don't think I would have had the same impact from the photographs if they had been placed in a book half its size. I think the only part of the book that could have been somewhat more enjoyable for me as a beginning photographer, would have been to read some information of how the photographer went about taking the photograph and what his preference in photography was. Some of the paragraphs start going into some details about a photograph but then just jump on to the next without giving an ending to the information. The book in a whole, is a great book and I would recommend. I think that it is a great book to have if you plan on seeing professional photography.

Absolutely terrific

This is a wonderful collection. I have found myself going back to it again and again. I'm not sure Adam Gopnik was such a good choice, although he is a lively writer; but the other New Yorker art critic, Peter Schejhal (sp?) would certainly have been better, as entertaining as Gopnik but more focused and memorable. But this is just a small complaint; overall, I love this book and hope that every library in the world someday owns a copy.

Beautiful, amazing, changed my life

I really liked this book. The photos are extraordianry. Fine work done by Adam Gopnik