Artists & Works

STYLE: 70S PHOTOGRAPHY

Lee Friedlander's photographs are known for their densely packed visual information,as the artist creates order out of chaos, juxtaposes diverse elements within the picture's frame.

Friedlander had his first one-man show at George Eastman House in 1963. His inclusion in New York's Museum of Modern Art exhibition, New Documents (1967); firmly established his reputation. In 1969 Petersburg Press published Photographs by Lee Friedlander and Etchings by Jim Dine, which included sixteen works by each artist. The following year Friedlander produced Self Portrait, his first book of photographs, issued by his own publishing company, Haywire Press, which has since published many of his books and portfolios, including Lee Friedlander: Photographs (1979), Flowers and Trees (1981), and Cherry Blossom Time in Japan (1986). Other Friedlander portfolios that have also been published as books are The American Monument (Eakins Press, 1976), Factory Valleys (Callaway Editions, 1982), and Like A One-Eyed Cat (Harry Abrams, Inc., 1989).

Known, with Gary Winogrand, Helen Levitt, and others as one of the early "street photographers," Friedlander is still best known for works which pay close attention to contemporary culture.