Richard Avedon; Truman Capote - Observations - 1959

Richard Avedon (New York, May 15, 1923 – San Antonio, Texas, October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. The portraits Avedon made are impressive. He focuses on the human, taking him or her out of the context of daily activity and isolating him or her in the emptiness of the studio. He captures at an unexpected moment and thereby succeeds in showing the famous and powerful of the world in a surprising way: their unknown side, without pose or predictability, always in black and white. He went against “the tradition of flattery and lies in portraiture,” as he called it. He makes the powerful human, he gives the unknown a striking amount of strength.

Truman García Capote (New Orleans, September 30, 1924 – Los Angeles, August 25, 1984) was an American writer. He wrote fiction, non-fiction, short stories and plays. His best-known works are In Cold Blood (1966) and the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958). From his works, at least twenty films and television series have been made.

The present book from 1959 in a case shows wear in keeping with age and use. It counts 151 pages at 38 x 28 cm and a weight of 2140 grams. The extensive "comments" are written by the notorious society writer Capote.

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