New Orleans
1968
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.8 × 28.1 cm (7 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.) sheet: 27.9 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.67
Art Historical Context
Lee Friedlander's *New Orleans* (1968) captures the vibrant, chaotic energy of the American South a transformative era. A pioneering figure in street photography, Friedlander was part of the "New Documents" exhibition atMA in 1967 alongside Garry Winogrand Diane Arbus. His often transforms everyday urban scenes into visual tapestries, reflections, signage, and figures to mirror the fragmented of modern life. Shot in gelatin silver print—a classic black-and-white medium prized for its tonal depth archival stability—this image exemplifieslander's signature style, viewers to decipher the interpla...
About the Artist
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander, born on July 14, 1934, in Aberdeen, Washington, to a Finnish-descended mother, Kaari Nurmi, and German-Jewish émigré father, Fritz Friedlander, discovered photography at age 14 amid a fascination with the medium's equipment. Tragedy marked his childhood when his mother died of cancer at age seven, yet he pursued his passion, earning pocket money with a camera before studying under...