{"product_id":"9780062042910","title":"The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1960s, Richard Avedon was commissioned by \u003cem\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/em\u003e to create \u003cem\u003eObservations\u003c\/em\u003e, a column that consisted of a series of nine photographic essays. The subject of the first essay was John F. Kennedy and his young family, who sat for formal black-and-white portraits just three weeks prior to Kennedy's presidential inauguration. Six images appeared in the magazine's February 1961 issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat same day, Avedon created more informal color portraits of Kennedy and his family at the Kennedy compound in Palm Beach. One of these images ran as the cover of \u003cem\u003eLOOK\u003c\/em\u003e magazine's February 28 issue, with photographs by Avedon inside. Just before the magazine hit the newsstands and was delivered to over 6.5 million people, a set of photographs, comprised mostly of the \u003cem\u003eLOOK\u003c\/em\u003e images, was released by the White House and appeared in newspapers across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his lifetime, Richard Avedon donated more than two hundred images to the Smithsonian Institution, including all of the photographs of the Kennedy family sitting for \u003cem\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/em\u003e. Smithsonian curator Shannon Thomas Perich has culled more than seventy-five images from that donation for \u003cem\u003eThe Kennedys: Portrait of a Family\u003c\/em\u003e, making these stunning photographs available for view for the first time. Perich's introductory essay—accompanied by a wealth of archival photographs of both Avedon and the Kennedy family—provides historical background on the two sittings within a political and cultural context and critically examines the work of one of the finest photographers of the twentieth century. A foreword by Robert Dallek, distinguished historian and author of the bet-selling \u003cem\u003eAn Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963\u003c\/em\u003e, provides authoritative and compelling insight to one of the most fascinating presidents in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078483919088,"sku":"9780062042910","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062042910_p0.jpg?v=1769909159","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062042910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}