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These ranged from celebrities (Marilyn Monroe), artists (Marguerite Duras, June Leaf), and high-fashion models (Suzy Parker, Dovima) to anonymous people that simply drew his attention. 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For \u003ci\u003eIn the American West, \u003c\/i\u003ehe traveled for five years, meeting and photographing the ordinary people populating America’s most extraordinary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting book includes 103 meticulously printed black-and-white photographs, an essay by Avedon on his working methods and portrait philosophy, and a journal of the project by Laura Wilson. 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