Power Book
US photographer, Richard Avedon’s latest book traces American politics through a turbulent half century. Portraits of Power opens with Avedon’s shot of a frail Dr Oppenheimer – the Manhattan Project’s chief scientist – and ends with an ebullient Barack Obama. These group shots fall in the middle and serve as a fulcrum in the changing [...]
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US photographer, Richard Avedon’s latest book traces American politics through a turbulent half century. Portraits of Power opens with Avedon’s shot of a frail Dr Oppenheimer – the Manhattan Project’s chief scientist – and ends with an ebullient Barack Obama. These group shots fall in the middle and serve as a fulcrum in the changing balance of people power. The Generals of the
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Daughters of the American Revolution were female philanthropists who traced their bloodlines back to an ancestor who aided American independence. The Chicago Seven were a band of peaceniks, on trial for disturbances at the 1968 Democratic
Convention. Over the years the Daughters’ genealogical rules have brought them into conflict with an increasingly multicultural America. Meanwhile, Stephen Spielberg is producing a film about the Chicago Seven; Kevin Spacey and Will Smith may take starring roles. Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power is published by Steidl, priced £30.
