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In focus: The best new photography books Continuing her series on the best new photography books, Liz Jobey looks at the careers of two American portraitists - Richard Avedon and Judith Joy Ross - whose subjects range from presidents to protesters Portrait of Ronald Reagan, 1976, by Richard Avedon. Photograph: 2008 The Richard Avedon Foundation Many of the photographic portraits that Richard Avedon took in the course of his long and celebrated career are bound up with the idea of fame. His subjects were frequently figures in public life, and being photographed by him served to reinforce their celebrity. Portraits of Power, the title of a new book published three years after Avedon's death to celebrate election year in America, presumably refers both to the power his subjects wielded and to the power Avedon's style of... [read full story]
