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Philadelphia

1965
(American, b. 1934)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 18.8 x 28.3 cm (7 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1993.148
© 1970 Lee Friedlander
Location: not on view
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During his more than five-decade career, portraiture—especially of family and friends—has been an important component of Friedlander’s prolific and copious work. He was one of the first contemporary photographers to turn his role as a silent, curious observer inward, photographing himself beginning in the 1960s and continuing periodically throughout his career. Sitting in his spare hotel room, he straightforwardly recorded with his characteristic dry wit the ordinariness of his daily life.
Philadelphia

Philadelphia

1965

Lee Friedlander

(American, b. 1934)
America, 20th century

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