Between 1979 and 1984, the fêted US photographer Richard Avedon – at that time best known for his fashion photography and celebrity portraiture – ventured across 21 states with a small crew of assistants in a bid to capture the unknown denizens of the American West. He shot outdoors on an old-fashioned 8 x 10 inch camera, erecting a white backdrop against which to capture his subjects, who included miners, cowboys, slaughterhouse workers, waitresses, truckers,hellip;

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