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Westport, Connecticut

1961

American, born 1934

Friedlander, who was born in Aberdeen, Washington, began his career making photographic portraits of jazz musicians for album covers. Affiliated with such photographers as Garry Winogrand, Robert Frank, Walker Evans, and Diane Arbus, Friedlander began in the early 1960s to make work that he referred to as documents of the American "social landscape." Friedlander included this work in a book of his photographs published in 1970, Self Portrait. The artist's shadow appears in each work in this series.

Gelatin silver print

11 1/4 x 7 9/16 in. (28.6 x 19.2 cm)

Sheet h.: 13 15/16 in.

Sheet w.: 11 in.

Pacific Northwest Bell, the Photography Council, the Polaroid Foundation, Mark Abrahamson, and the National Endowment for the Arts

83.32

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no.

Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Photography, Apr. 12, 1996 - June 23, 1996.

Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Coming to Life, The Figure in American Art 1955-1965, Feb. 25 - June 13, 1999.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Dis-Figured, May 31, 2001 - Mar.17, 2002.

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