Lee Friedlander: America by Car: LIMITED EDITION
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (551 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935202081 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lee Friedlander is an American treasure A photographer It is no secret that Lee Friedlander is one of my favorite photographers of all time. When I was just a pup trying to understand what photography was all about, Friedlander's work was an early influence. Of course, I've never yet achieved his level of commitment or purity of vision. He has stated that his conception of the photograph is all encompassing. He said his first photo ever was of his uncle with a brand new Hudson that also included numerous other incidental subjects. His photographs since then have given as much weight to the secondary as the primary subject matter. To borrow from the words of. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear Robin LF fans need wait no longer, this latest book of 192 square photos confirms that the magic is still there. The photos are totally Friedlander and he delivers a fresh twist by taking them all from the front seat of a car. By using the windscreen and door arch he creates two pictures and in many of them another image courtesy of the door mirror. Actually it's a bit more complex than that because what he photographs outside the car is usually in layers of interest as it recedes from the viewer. The end result is a wonderful collection of shapes, texture, tonal qualities, depth of field and perhaps the most. Dennis Witmer said Perfect Friedlander. As a Friedlander fan, this book does not disappoint--the pictures are full of the chaos that seem to be his trademark, using the interiors of a multitude of rental cars as the plush plastic foregrounds to frame the ordinary and the absurd with equal aplomb. How can one resist signs for "Hot Women and Cold Beer" outside a steel shed, or "Support our troops--10 to 10" on an ice cream shop, or a "Keep out" sign by a dusty graveyard. My pleasure with the book was amplified by the surprise of finding several images from places I recognized--including a portrait of his friend Richard Benson walking away from
This edition of America by Car is limited to 1000 copies and is signed by Friedlander.. Presented in the square crop format that has dominated his look in recent series, and taken over the past decade, the nearly 200 images in America by Car are easily among Friedlander's finest, full of virtuoso touch and clarity, while also revisiting themes from older bodies of work (Friedlander occasionally used aspects of automotive architecture in photographs from the late 1960s and early 1970s). This method allows for fascinating effects in foreshortening, and wonderfully telling juxtapositions in which steering wheels, dashboards and leatherette bump up against roadside bars, motels, churches, monuments, suspension bridges, landscapes and often Friedlander's own image, via sideview mirror shots. Never has America been photographed so penetratingly and ingeniously as in Friedlander's latest body of work. Lee Friedlander is the first photographer to make the car an actual "form" for making photographs. Enduring icons of American culture, the car and the highway rema
--Richard Woodward, Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2010 . The book shows how our views of the landscapes outside our cars--from our boulevards of strip malls to our national parks--are warped by, and inseparable from, the windows and struts inside. Mr. Lee Friedlander is 76 and has published at least one photography book every year since before many of us were born. Friedlander's camera reminds us what a weird and hilarious world we are ignoring most of the time. Judging from his latest, "America by Car," he still has a lot left in his tank