![]() ![]() Richard Avedon had become world-famous for elevating fashion photography to an art form. In the American West was the brainchild of the Amon Carter Museum’s first director, Mitchell A. ![]() On September 17, 2005, the Carter will again present a major portion of the works from In the American West, selected by Avedon together with Amon Carter Museum Senior Curator of Photographs John Rohrbach, to mark its twentieth anniversary of the original exhibition. “Seeing them in reproduction is not enough you have to confront them directly, on the walls, to realize their overwhelming power and exquisite quality.” “The extraordinary images by Avedon for this project have become justifiably famous,” said Amon Carter Museum Director Rick Stewart. Avedon’s oversize portraits of working-class westerners have become icons in photographic history, and the project still stands as a definitive expression of the power of photographic art. It opened to widespread acclaim and was one of the most highly-attended exhibitions in the museum’s history.Īssertive, controversial, and graphically striking, the portraits in the exhibition generated extensive and, at times, heated discussion about the nature of portraiture, photography, and the true identity of the American West. Fort Worth, TX, March 3, 2005-In 1985, the Amon Carter Museum presented In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon. ![]()
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