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Colorado

1967
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Colorado
  • Artist: Lee Friedlander (American, born Aberdeen, Washington, 1934)
  • Date: 1967
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joyce and Robert Menschel Gift, 1993
  • Object Number: 1993.360
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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