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Observations is a collaborative coffee table book with photography by Richard Avedon, commentary by Truman Capote and design by Alexey Brodovitch. It features a slipcase with color, all-capitalized lettering; the book itself is further housed in a clear acetate / glassine slip cover and is printed with the same bold design as the ...
- 151 pp
- Simon & Schuster
- 1959
Observations Photographs By Richard Avedon. Hardcover – January 1, 1959. Photographs by Richard Avedon with text by Truman Capote in French. Approx. 15 in. x 11 in. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
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Like Robert Frank’s ‘The Americans,’ which we discussed last month in the Photo Book Club, American photographer Richard Avedon’s first book, ‘Observations,’ was published in 1959. And, like ‘The Americans’ it was included in Andrew Roth’s ‘The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the 20th Century (PPP Editions, 2001), now itself a semi...
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Edition: First edition. This early book on Richard Avedon presents the photographer’s striking portraits from the 1940s and ’50s of luminaries as well as a profile of Avedon by Truman Capote and literary sketches of the portrait subjects by the novelist.
Richard Avedon (Photographs), Truman Capote. 4.38. 13 ratings3 reviews. Observations, with photographs by Richard Avedon, texts by Truman Capote, and graphic design by Alexey Brodovitch, was the height of sophisticated elegance when published in 1959.
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Observations. Observations (1959), essay by Truman Capote (1959), essay by Truman Capote
Observations. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. Avedon's landmark first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-bleed black and white images.
