Another post about Avedon's 'American West' pictures. Again. This time having stumbled upon diptychs of the polaroids that were a way to organise the database of sitters' information alongside the final print selected by Avedon for the Amon Carter Museum show, and book. Here's the one of the man who would be labelled a bad dad by a guest on the BBC 2 arts and literature review show around the time of the book's release.
As Clément Chéroux, director at the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, says: “Comparing these polaroids with Avedon’s portraits shows his ability to transcend the appearance of his models.”