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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"In the American West", Richard Avedon (1923-2004)

In the American West

Richard Avedon (1923-2004)

Working-class individuals from the American West, stripped of environmental context by a stark white backdrop.

With contributions from: Amon Carter Museum of American Art (image source); Violeta Apostolova (image research); Lucia Catalin (data research). Suggest an Edit

In the American West

Richard Avedon (1923-2004)

Working-class individuals from the American West, stripped of environmental context by a stark white backdrop.

With contributions from: Amon Carter Museum of American Art (image source); Violeta Apostolova (image research); Lucia Catalin (data research). Suggest an Edit

Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 8/23/80, 1980

Red Owens, oil field worker, Velma, Oklahoma, 6/12/80, 1980

Juan Patricio Lobato, carney, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 8/23/80, 1980

Carol Crittendon, bartender, Butte, Montana, 7/1/81, 1981

James Kimberlin, drifter, State Road 18, Hobbs, New Mexico, 10/7/80, 1980

Billy Mudd, Trucker, Alto, Texas, 5/7/81, 1981

Della Trujillo, waitress, Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, Good Friday, 4/4/80, 1980

Benson James, drifter, Route 66, Gallup, New Mexico, 6/30/79, 1979

Debbie McIntyre, practical nurse, and her daughter Marie, Cortez, Colorado, 6/11/83, 1983

Roberto Lopez, oil field worker, Lyons, Texas, 9/28/80, 1980

Jesse Kleinsasser, pig man, Hutterite Colony, Harlowton, Montana, 6/23/83, 1983

Emory J. Stovall, scientist, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 6/12/79, 1979

Dave Timothey, nuclear fallout victim, Orem, Utah, 8/8/80, 1980

Steven O'Neill, fourteen year old, Miles City, Montana, 6/1/84, 1984

Hansel Nicholas Burum, coal miner, Somerset, Colorado, 12/17/79, 1979

Emma Lee Wellington, housewife, North Las Vegas, Nevada, 12/15/80, 1980

Bill Curry, drifter, Interstate 40, Yukon, Oklahoma, 6/16/80, 1980

Charlene Van Tighem, physical therapist, Augusta, Montana, 6/23/83, 1983

Lance Barron, Mel Pyeatt, coal miners, Reliance, Wyoming, 8/28/79, 1979

James Story, coal miner, Somerset, Colorado, 12/18/79, 1979

Boyd Fortin, thirteen year old, Sweetwater, Texas, 3/10/79, 1979

Petra Alvarado, factory worker, El Paso, Texas, on her birthday 4/22/82, 1982

Blue Cloud Wright, slaughterhouse worker, Omaha, Nebraska, 8/10/79, 1979

David Wurtz, cemetery man, Hutterite Colony, Chester, Montana, 7/21/83, 1983

Freida Kleinsasser, thirteen year old, Hutterite Colony, Harlowton, Montana, 6/23/83, 1983

Peggy Daniels, cashier, Giddings, Texas 5/7/81, 1981

Dawn Jaynes, waitress, Clint Jones, ranch hand, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 8/23/80, 1980

Harrison Tsosie, cowboy, Navajo Reservation, Window Rock, Arizona, 6/13/79, 1979

David Beason, shipping clerk, Denver, Colorado, 7/25/81, 1981

Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, Davis, California, 5/9/81, 1981

Books

upscaled cover image 9780500541104

In the American West

Thames & Hudson, 1985

upscaled cover image 9781419783609

In the American West

Abrams, 2025

upscaled cover image 9783888147128

Richard Avedon. Evidence, 1944-1994

Schirmer/Mosel, 1994

Richard Avedon, Portraits

Abrams, 2002

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