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The first book to showcase Richard Avedon’s groundbreaking fashion photography from over two decades at Harper’s Bazaar

When twenty-one-year-old Richard Avedon worked his way into Harper’s Bazaar at the end of 1944, Carmel Snow had already spent more than two decades in top fashion publishing and had led Harper’s Bazaar as editor in chief for ten years.

First at Vogue (1921–32), and then at Harper’s Bazaar (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 Harper’s Bazaar for more than twenty years during what is considered the golden age of the magazine.

Richard Avedon: The Harper’s Bazaar Years 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."

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The first book to showcase Richard Avedon’s groundbreaking fashion photography from over two decades at Harper’s Bazaar

When twenty-one-year-old Richard Avedon worked his way into Harper’s Bazaar at the end of 1944, Carmel Snow had already spent more than two decades in top fashion publishing and had led Harper’s Bazaar as editor in chief for ten years.

First at Vogue (1921–32), and then at Harper’s Bazaar (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 Harper’s Bazaar for more than twenty years during what is considered the golden age of the magazine.

Richard Avedon: The Harper’s Bazaar Years 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."

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