
Avedon at Work: In the American West, Laura Wilson, 2003 FINE HC in DJ
Wilson, Laura. Austin. University of Texas Press. 2003. English, First Edition, Fine, HC, quarto 11" X 9 1/2", 130 pp. ISBN:0292701934 Brown pictorial paper over board, black lettering to spine, binding tight, sharp tips, and no markings throughout. Fine pictorial brown dust jacket featuring photograph by Laura Wilson to cover, brown and black lettering to cover and spine, photograph and quote from Richard Avedon to back cover. 130 pp. replete with black-and-white photographs, many full and double-page, by Laura Wilson. Includes a Foreword by old west novelist, essayist, and screenwriter, Larry McMurtry. From the dust jacket: “Photographer Laura Wilson worked with Avedon during the six years he was making "In the American West." In "Avedon at Work", she presents a unique photographic record of his creation of this masterwork- the first time a major photographer has been documented in great depth over an extended period of time.”