Colorado

Lee Friedlander

1967 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

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.

Artist

Lee Friedlander

Date

1967

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Purchase, Joyce and Robert Menschel Gift, 1993