Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History



  • Colorado, 1967
    Lee Friedlander (American, born 1934)
    Gelatin silver print

    6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (17.2 x 24.8 cm)
    Purchase, Joyce and Robert Menschel Gift, 1993 (1993.360)
    © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    This image was included in Friedlander's first book of photographs, Self Portrait (1970), in which each picture contained either a shadow or a reflection of the photographer. By including a trace of his presence within the frame, Friedlander acknowledged his role as a participant in the social landscape that he photographed, thereby disturbing the illusion of objective transparency normally associated with documentary photography.

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    Colorado, 1967
    Lee Friedlander (American, born 1934)
    Gelatin silver print

    6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (17.2 x 24.8 cm)
    Purchase, Joyce and Robert Menschel Gift, 1993 (1993.360)
    © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco


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