Social Landscape Photographer LEE FRIEDLANDER By Isaiah Martinez

BIOGRAPHY Born in Aberdeen, Washington, 1934 Education: Studied under at the Art Center of LA Moved to NYC and became freelancer Awards: Hasselblad Award, Macarthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Knoxville, Tennessee, 1971 Gelatin-silver print, 8-1/2* x 12-7/8* (image)

CHILDHOOD Began photographing at the age of 14 because of his fascination with the equipment. “I always wanted to be a photographer. I was fascinated with the materials. But I never dreamed I would be having this much fun. I imagined something much less elusive, much more mundane.” Cody Wyoming, 2000 Gelatin-silver print, 15*x14-1/2* (image)

Montana, 2008 Gelatin-silver print, 14-7/8* x 14-5/8* (image)

AMERICAN MUSICIANS Friedlander became a photographer for the Atlantic Records and produced many renowned album covers Aretha Franklin, 1968 Iris print on rag paper, 30*x30* (image) Later on he made books of albums on his different portfolios

STICKS AND STONES Victor, Colorado, 2001 Gelitin-silver print, 15*x14-1/2* (image)

AT WORK Canton, Ohio, 1979 Gelatin-silver print, 12-5/8*x8-5/8* (image) Canton, Ohio, 1980 Gelatin-silver print, 22-5/8*x15* (image)

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE NYC, 1980 Gelatin-silver print, 12-7/8*x8-5/8*(image)

MANNEQUIN NYC, Gelatin-silver print, 18-3/8*x12-1/8* (image)

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