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Summary: Absolutely terrific
Review: I really liked this book. The photos are extraordianry. Fine work done by Adam Gopnik
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Summary: Beautiful, amazing, changed my life
Review: I really liked this book. The photos are extraordianry. Fine work done by Adam Gopnik
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Summary: Useful roadmap to Avedon's work
Review: I'm glad that I own this book but potential buyers should be aware that this is a history of Avedon's work, not a stunning presentation of his photographs. The book contains hundreds of images but most of them are small in size. The images are arranged chronologically with some associated text. The book also contains two essays about Avedon and a detailed bibliography listing press accounts about him. There is also a helpful list of the various books that Avedon has published.I would recommend his other titles -- "In the American West" for example -- if you want to see the full-size, stunning photographs for which Avedon is famous.
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Summary: Not bad, but not so good as I expected
Review: The book is OK. Nevertheless beware: there is more text than photographs. And they are tiny in most cases. He who prefers to read about photographs rather than to see them will be pleased. I am a little disappointed.
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Summary: Absolutely terrific
Review: This is a wonderful collection. I have found myself going back to it again and again. I'm not sure Adam Gopnik was such a good choice, although he is a lively writer; but the other New Yorker art critic, Peter Schejhal (sp?) would certainly have been better, as entertaining as Gopnik but more focused and memorable. But this is just a small complaint; overall, I love this book and hope that every library in the world someday owns a copy.
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