New Orleans, Louisiana
A black-and-white photograph by Lee Friedlander capturing the layered complexity of New Orleans street life, where reflections, shadows, and architectural details collide in his signature style. The gelatin silver print exemplifies Friedlander's mastery of the urban landscape, weaving together signage, figures, and structures into a densely composed visual narrative. His acute eye transforms an ordinary moment in the city into a richly textured meditation on American life and the modern environment.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
April 9, 2018
Artists in conversation
Garry Winogrand
American · b. 1928
Winogrand shared Friedlander's obsessive approach to American street life, creating densely layered black and white gelatin silver prints that captured the chaotic energy of urban environments with similarly complex compositions full of overlapping figures and signage.
Robert Frank
Swiss American · b. 1924
Frank's landmark documentary work examining American social landscapes in black and white closely parallels this Friedlander print, particularly in his ability to transform ordinary street moments into richly textured meditations on American culture and urban life.
Diane Arbus
American · b. 1923
Arbus worked in the same mid twentieth century New York social landscape photography tradition as Friedlander, producing gelatin silver prints that examined American street life and urban environments with a similarly sharp eye for layered visual complexity and social observation.
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