Richard Avedon immortal portraits of aging, 1951-2004 Avedon, Richard creator photographer. Roth, Paul 1966- editor. Gopnik, Adam wirter of introduction. Aletti, Vince contributor. Morel, Gaëlle contributor. text bibliography exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works. Exhibition catalogs. Ouvrages illustrés. Catalogues d'exposition. xx 2025 monographic eng print 207 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm "An unflinching exploration of aging from one of the twentieth century's most influential photographers. For more than half a century, Richard Avedon sought to represent advancing age in the faces of the people he photographed. From his earliest years at Harper's Bazaar and Vogue through to the twenty-first century, Avedon routinely and audaciously broke the rule of flattering public personalities in his portraits. Instead, he chose to highlight the onslaught of what he called the "avalanche of age," dramatizing the universal experience of getting older. Accompanying a groundbreaking exhibition at The Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University and The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Immortal is the first book to delve into Avedon's unflinching representation of aging throughout his career. This elegant hardcover volume features nearly 100 portraits of cultural luminaries, each printed in striking tritone, such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Truman Capote, Marcel Duchamp, Duke Ellington, Toni Morrison, Patti Smith, and Stephen Sondheim, as well as one of Avedon's last self-portraits. Texts by a star-studded cohort of authors, including Vince Aletti, Adam Gopnik, Paul Roth, and Gaëlle Morel, shed new light on an under-represented element of Avedon's practice. Thoughtfully edited and beautifully produced, Immortal testifies emphatically to the determination with which people confront the relentless advance of mortality."--Publisher. Directors' foreword / Paul Roth and Stéphane Aquin -- Avedon aging / Adam Gopnik -- Elegy: the making of Jacob Israel Avedon / Paul Roth -- A sign of art / Gaëlle Morel edited by Paul Roth ; introduction by Adam Gopnik ; with text contributions from Vince Aletti and Gaëlle Morel. "This publication accompanies the exhibition Richard Avedon Immortal : Portraits of Aging, 1951-2004, on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 9-July 26, 2026 and the Image Centre, Toronto, September 9-December 5, 2026." Includes bibliographical references. Avedon, Richard Exhibitions Avedon, Richard Older people Portraits Pictorial works Aging Pictorial works Portrait photography Portrait photography Exhibitions Photography, Artistic Vieillissement Ouvrages illustrés Portraits (Photographie) Portraits (Photographie) Expositions Photographie artistique art photography Aging in art Portrait photography 1951-2004 fast TR647 .A94 2025 779.2092 9781837290352 1837290350 POD YDX 250430 20251108171407.7 in00005669178 eng