Author: John Szarkowski
Creators: Rineke Dijkstra, Lee Friedlander
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 697075

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 104
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 9.6 x 0.6

ISBN: 0870703382
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.2092
EAN: 9780870703386
ASIN: 0870703382

Publication Date: June 15, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Lee Friedlander's surreal sensibility is on full display in this set of photographs, originally published in 1970. Here Friedlander focuses on the role of his own physical presence in his images. He writes: "At first, my presence in my photos was fascinating and disturbing. But as time passed and I was more a part of other ideas in my photos, I was able to add a giggle to those feelings." Here readers can witness this progression as Friedlander appears in the form of his shadow, or reflected in windows and mirrors, and only occasionally fully visible through his own camera. In some photos he visibly struggles with the notion of self-portraiture, desultorily shooting himself in household mirrors and other reflective surfaces. Soon, though, he begins to toy with the pictures, almost teasingly inserting his shadow into them to amusing and provocative effect--elongated and trailing a group of women seen only from the knees down; cast and bent over a chair as if seated in it; mirroring the silhouette of someone walking down the street ahead of him; or falling on the desert ground, a large bush standing in for hair. These uncanny self-portraits evoke a surprisingly full landscape of the artist's life and mind. This reprint edition of Lee Friedlander: Self Portrait contains nearly 50 duotone images and an afterword by John Szarkowski, former Director of the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful collection of images July 23, 2008
Mr. Sean Dyroff (Rochester, New York United States)
Lee Friedlander is truly a wonderful photographer with fun, witty self portraits as well as more serious and thoughtful self portraits. It encompasses what would seem to be his entire being and should be on every collector's shelf.

5 out of 5 stars

Inspirational January 24, 2008
Alan Wentworth (Seattle)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I love this book, a collection of unusual self-portrait work by Lee Friedlander. Often he's only shown as a shadow, or reflection. In many cases, his use of his image is a clever and even humorous comment on the other elements within the photograph. Sometimes, you even must hunt for him.. "where's Lee now?". The book feels like a chronicle of his travels. If you're interested in creative self-portrait photography, or a fan of Freiedlander, then I think this book really is a must-have.

The book is some 54 pages long, with a foreward by the artist and an afterward by John Szarkowski. The majority of the book's pages are, of course, photographs, with the opposing pages empty except for the page number, place where the image was taken, and finally the year shot. The print quality of the images is truly wonderful, and the paper itself is nice, thick and crisp. It is a black cloth hardbound book, with a quality matte slipcover.

Beautiful. Recommended.