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Lee Friedlander - New Mexico Actuphoto.com, France - Nov 5, 2008 Lee Friedlander ranks as possibly America's greatest photographer. For over fifty years he has prodigiously photographed what he calls the "American social ...

From WWD.COM Women's Wear Daily - Nov 7, 2008 His contemporaries William Christenberry and Lee Friedlander, along with younger photographers like Juergen Teller, joined Eggleston in viewing his exhibit ...

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Lee Friedlander: Self Portrait

by: John Szarkowski
I love this book, a collection of unusual self-portrait work by Lee Friedlander. Often he's only shown as a shadow, or reflection. In many cases, his use of his image is a clever and even humorous comment on the other elements within the photograph. Sometimes, you even must hunt for him.. "where's Lee now?". The book feels like a chronicle of his travels. If you're interested in creative self-portrait photography, or a fan of Freiedlander, then I think this book really is a must-have.

The book is some 54 pages long, with a foreward by the artist and an afterward by John Szarkowski.

Lee Friedlander: Photographs Frederick Law Olmsted Landscapes

by: Lee Friedlander
What's amazing about Friedlander's Olmsted landscapes is that he captures such beauty and peace in such a variety of different scenes. Since the parks were created, some have not been well taken care of; for example, Prospect Park in Brooklyn is overgrown chaos. His high contrast photographs, another signature style, release that chaos into oblivion.

Lee Friedlander: New Mexico

by: Emily Neff

Americans: The Social Landscape From 1940 until 2006

by: Peter Weiermair
The first thing that struck about this book was the amazing print quality. As far as I can tell the screen used is 250 to 300dpi (maybe higher!) and it was produced at the publisher's plant in Bologna. On page sixty-two there is a wonderful photo by Bruce Davidson of a laughing woman sitting in an apartment, the camera captures her and also looks out of the window so you can see the street scene below where it's possible to read the street signs and ads on a shop.

The thirteen photographers featured get ten images each (though the exhibition had 173) I think it would be fair to say that with just this small number their style and point-of-view clearly comes across.

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