Lee Friedlander
LEE FRIEDLANDER "LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA" 1968
Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) is a defining voice in American photography. He is widely recognized for his influential style of capturing the urban social landscape.
Friedlander’s black and white photographs navigate the intersections of architecture, signage, commercial detritus, reflections, and human presence — often compressing multiple visual planes into a single, dynamic frame. He emerged in the 1960s alongside peers such as Diane Arbus and Garry Winogrand, and was featured in John Szarkowski’s influential New Documents exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
This photograph of Lafayette, LA, exemplifies the artist's ability to capture street life with a skilled formal subtlety. Friedlander records his likeness in the foreground of this photograph, his head's shadow cast onto the painted lower half of a telephone pole. The artist and his shadow look on to the scene in front of them: a group of solidiers standing under a sign that reads "SPUR"; a woman with short hair, white boots, and a sequin jumpsuit holds a baton in her outstretched arms as she strides down the open street. The high contrast and angle of capture allow Friedlander to dissolve the boundary between observer and environment, inviting a deep encounter with the presented scene.
This photograph is held in the permanent collections of the MoMA, New York; the National Gallery, Washington, DC; the moca, Los Angeles.
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"Lafayette, Louisiana"
USA, 1968
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Signed, titled, dated, and stamped, on verso
11"H 14"W (work)
16"H 20"W (framed)
Very good condition.
Literature:
Lee Friedlander: Self Portrait. New City, 1970: pl. 24. (2d ed. New York, 1998: pl. 26).
Lee Friedlander: Photographs. Exh. cat. Hudson River Museum. New City, 1978: pl. 35.
Lee Friedlander: Retratos. Exh. cat. Instituto de America de Santa Fe. Granada, 1998: 75.
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