{"id":121057,"date":"2025-09-07T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/121057\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:57:17","slug":"portraits-from-the-american-west-by-richard-avedon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/121057\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits from the American West \u2014 by Richard Avedon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portraits from the American West \u2014 by Richard Avedon    <\/p>\n<p>, The Sunday Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">In 1979 Richard Avedon was commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, in Fort Worth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/topic\/texas\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a>, to capture his vision of the American West. The New Yorker spent the next five and a half years travelling through 17 states and conducting 752 sittings with working-class subjects \u2014 a radical departure from his usual work for Harper\u2019s Bazaar and Vogue. Nearly a thousand portraits were taken during a period characterised by deindustrialisation and recession. The result was In the American West, a collection of 103 black-and-white photographs that are among the most striking of Avedon\u2019s career; he died aged 81 in 2004. To mark its 40th anniversary, the book is being reissued, having been out of print for more than a decade.<br \/>In the American West by Richard Avedon (Abrams \u00a380) is published on Thursday <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white portrait of a woman with long hair wearing a bikini top and loose-fitting pants.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/3ce8cef0-3765-4a67-bfc8-352e6d2fc655.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Charlene Van Tighem, physical therapist, Augusta, Montana, 1983<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man wearing a studded denim jacket.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/be56598c-8d83-45c8-b891-3699ef3da068.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>David Beason, shipping clerk, Denver, Colorado, 1981<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a mud-covered slaughterhouse worker.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/5ee2f330-8333-42f5-b5c6-0d4326105b95.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Blue Cloud Wright, slaughterhouse worker, Omaha, Nebraska, 1983<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a woman holding several one dollar bills.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/0e6398c2-7116-4de2-9e27-b4e575ff6edb.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Petra Alvarado, factory worker, El Paso, Texas, on her birthday, April 22, 1982<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a thirteen-year-old boy holding a skinned rattlesnake.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/cbd7c0be-9aa0-4a72-acfe-57a359b87ef3.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boyd Fortin, 13-year-old, Sweetwater, Texas, 1979<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a freckled girl wearing denim overalls.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/1245f542-9992-47f2-ae15-81e78ceddaa7.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sandra Bennett, 12-year-old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 1980<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white photo of three women.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/8578dbee-990b-49f2-ab7f-2c324a0156d5.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From left: Loretta, Loudilla and Kay Johnson, co-presidents, Loretta Lynn Fan Club, Wild Horse, Colorado, 1983<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white portrait of a shirtless man.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/b9a4ff87-aa24-45cf-9f12-3fa804afecc5.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dave Timothey, nuclear fallout victim, Orem, Utah, 1980<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black and white photo of four dirty, soot-covered men in overalls.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/554fe357-b6f0-4b79-9a35-93280976c74c.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Roger Tims, Jim Duncan, Leonard Markley, Don Belak, coal miners, Reliance, Wyoming, 1979<\/p>\n<p>RICHARD AVEDON, \u00a9 THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/george-clooney-jay-kelly-news-pictures-06060xh9d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/95cbd609-3b09-4f44-8f81-50e5734b305d.jpg\" alt=\"George Clooney at Jay Kelly premiere \u2014 and other news in pictures\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">August 30 2025, 12.01am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">The Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/toe-wrestling-championship-competitor-other-news-in-pictures-xbwdc2tp6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/d07be850-ff93-4824-b71a-c2a3abfd0c8f.jpg\" alt=\"The Toe Wrestling Championships \u2014 and other news in pictures\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">September 01 2025, 12.01am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">The Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/news-in-pictures-8b7t88jtl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/a40d116a-19ed-4b79-a2f3-973a75fe3452.jpg\" alt=\"A baby elephant escapes a waterhole \u2014 and other news in pictures\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">August 29 2025, 12.00am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">The Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/education\/article\/how-to-cut-truancy-mandatory-attendance-classes-for-parents-x2p33f3m2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/96dfc7d3-9323-4e3d-9439-a7bf4716a5a2.jpg\" alt=\"Speed-awareness-style\u00a0classes with a difference\u00a0to cut school truancy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">September 07 2025, 12.01am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/business-money\/companies\/article\/changan-the-chinese-state-owned-car-firm-pulls-into-britain-dnczgtrjg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/d38a7e6b-0ec7-4532-b045-230898b1d8a8.jpg\" alt=\"Changan, the Chinese state-owned car firm, pulls into Britain\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">September 07 2025, 3.05pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">Robert Lea, Industrial Editor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/property-home\/article\/best-london-design-festival-events-shows-2025-pwv3cdf7p\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/85e89074-a93c-4e2a-b5b8-bf884071994b.jpg\" alt=\"The 25 best shows at London Design Festival this year\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"shared-styles__Label-sc-1kek94e-2 jGUcDq\">london design festival<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">September 07 2025, 12.00pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">Katrina Burroughs, Interiors Editor<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Portraits from the American West \u2014 by Richard Avedon , The Sunday Times In 1979 Richard Avedon 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