Lee Friedlander
I've been massively inspired today by the the photographer Lee Friedlander. He is an American photographer who the majority of the time works with a 35mm camera using black and white film. Although it is two projects in particular that have really captured my interest by Friedlander, it appears that practically all of his images are captured on and around the streets. So straight away it seems like this photographer is a pretty great photographer to research and reference in my work."America By Car"
This first series of images by Lee Friedlander which have inspired me so much are called "America By Car". The title literally says it all.. these are images taken over the last decade, in almost all of America's fifty states, from within a car.
Lee Friedlander, Las Vegas 1997 gelatin-silver print
Lee Friedlander, Connecticut, 1997 gelatin-silver print
Lee Friedlander, Montana, 2008
Lee Friedlander, Nebraska, 1999
Lee Friedlander, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007
I mostly like the images where you can see a vast amount of the inside of the car, such as the second last image that I've presented here. I think the unique interior of the car, or as i would imagine any car for that matter, creates an amazing frame to the image. Its very clear that from looking at these images you can see that the photographer doesn't just shoot these style images randomly, he purposely uses the car to frame what he intends to capture an image of.
What is so interesting about this idea is also the wing mirror of the car. I think its amazing how the photographer clearly intends to capture certain aspects in the wing mirror as well, to create more than one view point within the image. this makes the image so much more interesting as it reveals the mystery of what is behind the car and reveals more about the scene in which the image has been captured in.
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