The Original Red Couch Project · 1984

The Red Couch

A Portrait of America

Year

1984

Location

United States, USA

The Red Couch

The Red Couch: A Portrait of America was published by Harper & Row in 1984 after four years of travel. Kevin Clarke placed a red velvet couch in his New York studio and began to ask everyone — famous and unknown alike — to sit on it. The resulting book made Clarke's name worldwide and represented U.S. photography at the Rencontres d'Arles in 1985.

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Sources

kevinclarke.com — The Red CouchSource: Kevin ClarkeCredit: © Kevin ClarkeOriginal link →

Credits

Photography: Kevin ClarkeText: William Least Heat MoonPublisher: Harper & Row, 1984

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