About the Author:
Joan Juliet Buck is an American novelist, critic, essayist, and editor. She served as editor-in-chief of French Vogue from 1994 to 2001. While a contributing editor to Vogue, Vanity Fair, Traveler and The New Yorker, she wrote two novels, The Only Place to Be and Daughter of the Swan. Currently, she is the consulting editor to Dasha Zhukova's art and fashion magazine, Garage, and writes for W, Harper's Bazaar, and New York Times T magazine. Abigail Solomon-Godeau is Professor Emerita from the University of California, Santa Barbara and now lives in Paris. She is the author of Photography at the Dock: Essays on Photographic History, Institutions, and Practices (1992); Male Trouble: A Crisis in Representation (1997); Birgit Jurgenssen, coauthored with Gabriele Schor (2011); and Rosemary Laing (2012). Her essays on photography, contemporary art, and feminism have appeared in journals such as Afterimage, Art in America, Aperture, Artforum, and October and have been widely translated and anthologized.
Review:
"...Avedon Women, an extraordinary show...many of Avedon's most famous muses that have never before been exhibited. For a photographer who was famously in control, Avedon understood that his best pictues happened when he allowed his subjects to express themselves...moving now as it must have been the momen Avedon clicked the shutter." -W Magazine
"The fashion world has seen its share of incredible photographers, but non have captured the spirit and energy of their subjects the same way Richard Avedon did. As a lifelong fan, trust me when I say the show is a must-see..." -Aerin
"Those who missed the Richard Avedon show Women at Gagosian Gallery Beveryly Hills can find comfort in the companion book showcaing the late photographer's minimalistic yet intimate portraits of women illustrious and unknown..." - Departures
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