To 1/10: 'Face to Face' photo exhibit Oct 20, 2009
Richard Avedon's unpitying look at fellow photographer Lee Friedlander is one such, with every wrinkle and baggy eye underlined for us. Some of the images are meant to be completely objective, like the oddly uninflected studio portraits of Michael Disfarmer; others are meant to be read symbolically, like Frederick Sommer's double-exposure portrait of artist Max Ernst, a picture that intends to be as surreal as the artist's own work. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Images of Bennington and beyond Jul 25, 2009
The everywhere-else photographers include three who are even better known than Hine: Ansel Adams and Lee Friedlander (each with six images) and Alfred Stieglitz (with eight). Just as The Quality of Place is divided geographically, so is it - inevitably - divided artistically. (Boston Globe)
Looking in on photographer Robert Frank Jun 3, 2009
But not everything faceted is a jewel; and, as Gefter's book makes clear, the idiomatic values of Frank's work licensed an explosion of grandiose and self-indulgent efforts, as well as the athleticism of sharpshooters such as Garry Winogrand (1928-84) and Lee Friedlander. All these considerations make "Looking In" a complex, difficult and not always pleasant show but one that can no more be ignored than could Frank's original 1959 book. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fraenkel puts Hopper's vision in perspective Mar 28, 2009
Pictures by Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore, Diane Arbus (1923-1971), Walker Evans (1903-1975) and others suggest that memories of Hopper's art may have weighed on photographers' imaginations more heavily than has the reality of his work ... Lee Friedlander's picture "New York City" (1963), of people and reflections shuffling through revolving doors, like the striding man in Robert Frank's "Los Angeles" (1955-56), bring Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) to mind as readily as Hopper. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Thompson Hotels' 4th New York Hotel Brings Industrial Cool and Avant Garde Sophistication to the Lower East Side Mar 13, 2009
The influential American artist Lee Friedlander dominates the room through different variants of black and white photographs from his Apples and Olives book, in illuminated headboards that hang over each bed. For the hotel staff's uniforms, Thompson commissioned industry sweetheart Rogan, the winner of 2007's coveted CFDA/Vogue Fashion prize. (PR Newswire)
5 Don't-Miss Events Mar 1, 2009
San Francisco: Eight paintings by Edward Hopper will visit the city for the first time, along with the work of eight photographers (including Diane Arbus and Lee Friedlander) influenced by Hopper. Fraenkel Gallery, March 5 -May 2. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
