{"product_id":"richard-avedon-immortal-portraits-of-aging-1951-2004-9781837290352","title":"Richard Avedon Immortal: Portraits of Aging, 1951-2004","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching exploration of aging from one of the twentieth century's most influential photographers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than half a century, Richard Avedon sought to represent advancing age in the faces of the people he photographed. From his earliest years at \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e through to the twenty-first century, Avedon routinely and audaciously broke the rule of flattering public personalities in his portraits. Instead, he chose to highlight the onslaught of what he called the \"avalanche of age,\" dramatizing the universal experience of getting older.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying a groundbreaking exhibition at The Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University and The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, \u003ci\u003eImmortal\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to delve into Avedon's unflinching representation of aging throughout his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis elegant hardcover volume features nearly 100 portraits of cultural luminaries, each printed in striking tritone, such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Truman Capote, Marcel Duchamp, Duke Ellington, Toni Morrison, Patti Smith, and Stephen Sondheim, as well as one of Avedon's last self-portraits. Texts by a star-studded cohort of authors, including Vince Aletti, Adam Gopnik, Paul Roth, and Gaëlle Morel, shed new light on an under-represented element of Avedon's practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoughtfully edited and beautifully produced, \u003ci\u003eImmortal\u003c\/i\u003e testifies emphatically to the determination with which people confront the relentless advance of mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Avedon\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-2004) was one of the most influential and best-known photographers of the second half of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Roth\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of The Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e is an essayist and has been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVince Aletti\u003c\/b\u003e is a critic and curator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaëlle Morel\u003c\/b\u003e is Exhibitions Curator of The Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phaidon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635489603858,"sku":"9781837290352","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ad5fe64-c1da-4ce7-a5ee-7c6be59e26ef.jpg?v=1759239066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/richard-avedon-immortal-portraits-of-aging-1951-2004-9781837290352","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}