Portraits

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Portraits is a renowned collection of Richard Avedon’s stark, psychologically revealing photographic portraits of notable figures and ordinary people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf photo collection
photography book
artDirectionBy Richard Avedon NERFINISHED
artForm portraiture
author Richard Avedon NERFINISHED
contributor Richard Avedon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Richard Avedon NERFINISHED
criticalReception acclaimed by photography critics
depicts notable public figures
ordinary Americans
genre fine art photography
portrait photography
hasFormat printed photography book
hasPart portraits of anonymous sitters
portraits of artists
portraits of celebrities
portraits of political figures
portraits of writers
hasPhotographer Richard Avedon NERFINISHED
hasTheme celebrity and identity
psychological depth
public image versus private self
vulnerability of the sitter
influenced late 20th-century portrait photography
influencedBy documentary photography
language English
mainSubject portraits of notable figures
portraits of ordinary people
medium black-and-white photography
movement 20th-century American photography
notableFor psychologically revealing portraits
stark photographic style
photographicProcess large-format camera
studio portraiture
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
style direct frontal composition
high-contrast lighting
minimalist backdrop
subjectOf exhibition reviews
photography criticism essays

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