Social Landscape Photographer

LEE FRIEDLANDER

ByIsaiah Martinez

BIOGRAPHY

• Born in Aberdeen, Washington, 1934

• Education: Studied under at the Art Center of LA

• Moved to NYC and became freelancer

• Awards: Hasselblad Award, Macarthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1971Gelatin-silver print, 8-1/2* x 12-7/8* (image)

CHILDHOOD

• Began photographing at the age of 14 because of his fascination with the equipment.

• “I always wanted to be a photographer. I was fascinated with the materials. But I never dreamed I would be having this much fun. I imagined something much less elusive, much more mundane.”

Cody Wyoming, 2000Gelatin-silver print, 15*x14-1/2* (image)

STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: SOCIAL LANDSCAPE

• WITH AN ABILITY TO ORGANIZE A VAST AMOUNT OF VISUAL INFO IN DYNAMIC COMPOSITIONS, FRIEDLANDER HAS MADE HUMOROUS AND POIGNANT IMAGES AMONG THE CHAOS OF CITY LIFE, DENSE LANDSCAPE AND COUNTLESS OTHER SUBJECTS.

Montana, 2008Gelatin-silver print, 14-7/8* x 14-5/8* (image)

AMERICAN MUSICIANS• Friedlander became a photographer for

the Atlantic Records and produced many renowned album covers

Aretha Franklin, 1968Iris print on rag paper, 30*x30* (image)

• Later on he made books of albums on his different portfolios

STICKS AND STONES

Victor, Colorado, 2001Gelitin-silver print, 15*x14-1/2* (image)

AT WORK

Canton, Ohio, 1979Gelatin-silver print, 12-5/8*x8-5/8* (image)

Canton, Ohio, 1980Gelatin-silver print, 22-5/8*x15* (image)

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

NYC, 1980Gelatin-silver print, 12-7/8*x8-5/8*(image)

MANNEQUIN

NYC, 2001-09Gelatin-silver print, 18-3/8*x12-1/8* (image)

EMULATIONS

EMULATIONS

REFERENCES• www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=2002

• www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Lee-Friedlander.html

• www.josephbellows.com/artist/lee-friedlander/bio/