Friday, September 19, 2008

Lee Freidlander

Central Park, 1992
Washington, DC, 1999

Lee Friedlander (1934-present) is an American photographer who got started in photography when he was 14 years old. His pictures are mainly of street images, flowers, trees, gardens, landscapes, nudes, the industrial environment, portraits, self-portraits. His photographs are very unique. He to take pictures that portray the everyday life. The camera that he used was a Leica 35mm with black and white film, but now he primarily uses medium format cameras. He has his own distinct style are pictures that have a meaning to them. A lot of his pictures include the shadows of the images, he even uses his own shadow. Friedlander has a series of many self portraits.

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