Richard Avedon at Cartier-Bresson
April 30 / 10:00 a.m. - 19h00
10€
Richard Avedon makes his grand return to the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation with In the American West, a series that shatters the clichés of the Wild West.
Forget the heroic cowboys: here, the faces of miners, drifters, and misfits capture a raw, vulnerable, and terribly human America. These portraits, set against a white backdrop, reveal a stark and magnetic truth, far removed from gilded legends.
Petra Alvarado, factory worker, on her birthday, El Paso, Texas, April 22, 1982. Photograph by Richard Avedon, © The Richard Avedon Foundation
To mark the 40th anniversary of this iconic work, the exhibition unveils for the first time in Europe the complete original images, accompanied by rare and previously unseen documents. A fascinating journey into Avedon's eye, where each glance tells a story of survival and dignity.
From April 30 to October 12, 2025.
▼ Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation
79 Street Archives, 75003 Paris
Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 19 p.m.
Closed on Mondays
Tel: +01 40 61 50 50
Prices: full €10 / reduced €6 (on presentation of proof valid < 3 months)
Text: Katia Barillot
Cover photo: Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, Davis, California, May 9, 1987. Photograph by Richard Avedon © The Richard Avedon Foundation
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