LACMA Acquires Vernon Collection of... Aug 14, 2008
LACMA's world-renowned collection of photography includes important works by Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Andr; Kert;sz, L;szl; Moholy-Nagy, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lee Friedlander, Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke, Sebasti;o Salgado, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Carrie Mae Weems. The Vernon Collection. (Suite101.com)
The lure of the street May 31, 2008
Scramble all of this together and, by the late 1960s and early 70s, the street, in the unharnessed - at times, it seems, unhinged - fecundity of Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander, has become a giddy torrent of visual possibility. Friedlander and Winogrand were both studiously untheoretical, but the street, as revealed in their work, is at once a sprawling Balzacian novel, a fashion shoot and a walking sociological thesis. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
The school of hard knocks Apr 13, 2008
It spans the years between the 1930s and the 1960s, an era in which the term 'American street photography' was defined by the likes of Lisette Model, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander and Diane Arbus. Photography is the art of the split second,' said Model later, summing up the prevailing aesthetic of the time. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
From Visigoths to vivid shots Feb 24, 2008
Lee Friedlander is one of the great living masters of photography. As the nearly 400 images in this comprehensive retrospective make plain, his vision is comical and casual, funky and unflinching. (Boston Globe)
Modern Photography Exhibitions Dec 2, 2007
More than 60 works on paper by Lee Friedlander (b ... Lee Friedlander: A Ramble in Olmstead Parks ... Some 40 photographs by Lee Friedlander (b. (Suite101.com)
History of Photography Exhibitions Nov 28, 2007
More than 60 works on paper by Lee Friedlander (b. 1934), Andr Kertsz (1894-1985) and Paul Strand (1890-1976), among others, explore the elusive role of shadow in photography. (Suite101.com)
Capturing spontaneity as composed chaos Jul 22, 2007
In others, the incident shadows appear positioned with comical care, bringing to mind canonical images by Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander. In one striking, ostensibly banal, shot of a car, the photographer's shadow falling on the foreground pavement reinforces a bizarre misreading of the image. (San Francisco Chronicle)
John Szarkowski, 81; photography curator Jul 10, 2007
Szarkowski included Arbus in the 1967 exhibit "New Documents," which also featured Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander. All three photographers shared a common influence documentary photography. (Los Angeles Times)
Finders keepers Jul 5, 2007
Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. Two new exhibits look at the art of found photos. (Boston Globe)
Call for Artists:2007 International Juried Competition May 5, 2007
Jurors: Rebecca Morse Assistant Curator, MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art Since 2001 she has flown solo on shows for filmmaker/photographer/provocateur Larry Clark, Aaron Siskind and Franz Klein (2001-2002), and Lee Friedlander (2002). Her biggest endeavor was the Lucian Freud exhibit (2003). (AbsoluteArts.com)
When reality presents itself to Henry Wessel, his 'soft eyes' are available to capture -- and elevate -- the moment Feb 23, 2007
" He plunged into picture making and absorbed the work of street photographers like Eugene Atget, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand. He cites the last two as influences, and also loves the paintings of Edward Hopper, whose isolated American figures are brought to mind by Wessel's oddly arresting 1981 "Point Richmond, California. " It shows an older gent in a light suit standing at the weathered garage door of a funky little house with pipes climbing the facade, a patch of chain... (San Francisco Chronicle)
In New York, photo galleries broaden their focus Dec 1, 2006
Janet Borden Inc. opened in SoHo in 1988, and among the photographers she has represented are famous names like Lee Friedlander, Jan Groover, Tina Barney, Larry Sultan and Martin Parr ... He opened in San Francisco in 1979 and over the years has assembled a stable that approximates the Modernist canon: Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Lee Friedlander (shared with Janet Borden in New York) and Richard Misrach (with Pace/MacGill), among others. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
High school student curates exhibition at art museum Sep 16, 2006
Her selections include Lower Manhattan, a carefully composed photograph of the city by Karl Strauss with geometric forms and lines creating a complex grid; Butte, Montana, a photograph by Lee Friedlander using special arrangements and contrasts in tone; and Windflower, a three-dimensional sculpture of brass copper, steel and lead, by George Ricky. According to Kenselaar, her biggest challenge was discovering a common thread among the artwork and streamlining my ideas into something that can be... (Madison Eagle, NJ)
Framing America Jul 2, 2006
In the early 1970s, with the country still swamped in Vietnam, photographer Lee Friedlander began to shoot a huge series of images called The American Monument. They helped establish him as one of the country's greatest artists, worthy of being shown in depth at our national art museum. (The State)
Patent office is new state of the arts Jun 26, 2006
Artists were everywhere, and not only on the walls: Nelson Shanks, Lee Friedlander, Sean Scully, Bill Christenberry, Lou Stovall, Morgan Monceaux and others. "This is a big thing," remarked Mr. Monceaux, whose portrait of the late musician Ray Charles was among new acquisitions featured in a "Gifts to the Nation" hallway. (Washington Times, DC)
Photos of emptiness tug at conscience Mar 19, 2006
Misrach belongs in this company with such people as Lee Friedlander, Josef Koudelka and Richard Avedon. The earliest works in the exhibition seem to show him searching for a subject. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A 40-Year Friendship Built on 'Gospel Music' Feb 13, 2006
NPR : A 40-Year Friendship Built on 'Gospel Music (NPR)
Art | The photographers who captured and captivated Jan 22, 2006
Among its 72 prints, all but one in black-and-white, are classic images by acknowledged masters such as Robert Frank, Louis Faurer, Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Lisette Model, Larry Fink and Joel Meyerowitz. They are teamed with a number of lesser-known but equally talented people, some of them from eastern Pennsylvania, such as Mark Cohen, Bruce Davidson, William Klein, Leon Levinstein, Danny Lyon, Susan Meiselas and Bill Owens. (Philly.com -- Entertainment)
