In the American West
- ISBN-10
- 0810923017
- ISBN-13
- 9780810923010
- Series
- In the American West
- Category
- Photography
- Pages
- 172
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harry N Abrams Incorporated
- Author
- Richard Avedon
Description
A master of American fashion and art photography turns his artistry to capturing--in a series of photograph portraits--the cowboys, roustabouts, drifters, gamblers, bar girls, and others who characterize the modern Western experience
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