{"product_id":"9781419783364-richard-avedon-the-harpers-bazaar-years","title":"Richard Avedon: The Harper's Bazaar Years","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to showcase Richard Avedon’s groundbreaking fashion photography from over two decades at \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen twenty-one-year-old Richard Avedon worked his way into \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e at the end of 1944, Carmel Snow had already spent more than two decades in top fashion publishing and had led \u003ci\u003eH\u003c\/i\u003ea\u003ci\u003erper’s Bazaar \u003c\/i\u003eas editor in chief for ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst at \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e (1921–32), and then at \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e (1933–58), she discovered or recruited photographers Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Lillian Bassman, and Irving Penn, among others. But from this exalted group, Richard Avedon would rise to the top, dominating \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar \u003c\/i\u003efor more than twenty years during what is considered the golden age of the magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Avedon: The Harper’s Bazaar Years\u003c\/i\u003e showcases both iconic and little-known photographs that defined two decades of style and creativity. It documents the magazine’s most groundbreaking period, when, as Avedon later reflected, \"nobody could believe such a magazine existed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book includes a candid and never-before-published oral history that Avedon recorded on his years at the magazine, a critical essay by fashion insider Derek C. Blasberg, breakout features on multi-page gatefolds that explore key themes in Avedon’s work, and a foreword by the current editor of \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, Samira Nasr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssential for fashion lovers, collectors, and anyone captivated by the art of photography, this book is a celebration of mid-century vision, innovation, and enduring style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57339586969974,"sku":"9781419783364","price":86.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40582850_b41b5795-d9c5-4f2f-a6be-cff54d6cb23b.jpg?v=1775098960","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781419783364-richard-avedon-the-harpers-bazaar-years","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}