With a career spanning seven decades, renowned American photographer Lee Friedlander has produced an unrivaled photographic output documenting seemingly every aspect of the American “social landscape” (a term Friedlander coined), with a specific focus on creating books. “Books are my medium,” Friedlander has been quoted as saying.
Friedlander First Fifty provides an inside look at Friedlander’s first fifty books, featuring extensive commentary directly from Friedlander on his own work. The book contains photographs from each of the first fifty books, as well as descriptions, publication information, and most notably, interviews with Friedlander and his wife, Maria, conducted by Friedlander’s grandson Giancarlo and daughter Anna, who together co-published the book. The result is the most personal and candid look at Friedlander’s life and career to date, as told to his own family.
Published over a fifty year period, from 1969-2018, the first fifty books describe the entirety of subject matter -- from jazz musicians to factory workers to monuments to television screens — and genres — from self-portraits to street photographs to nudes to landscapes — Friedlander has explored.
Containing the largest collection of Friedlander’s own quotes ever published, Friedlander First Fifty offers a behind-the-scenes look at the photographer’s diverse oeuvre that contextualizes and brings new life to the work, for everyone from the casual art appreciator to the most ardent Friedlander fan.
ABOUT THE LIMITED EDITIONS
Special Edition — $3,200 (LTD-A)
Edition of 50 Signed copies printed in a limited edition binding with gold lettering on the cover and spine, each housed in a custom slipcase embossed with gold foil stamping. Included is a custom folio with a signed gelatin silver print (pictured below).
Print Size: 8-3/8' x 7' Image Size: 7-3/8' x 5'
Friedlander First Fifty: The Collection — $20,000 (LTD-B)
Friedlander First Fifty: The Collection is comprised of Signed copies of each of Friedlander's first fifty books, all from the photographer's personal stock.
The books are housed in five art storage boxes lined with high density foam for shipment, and are arranged according to size.
Each set includes a Signed Special Edition copy of Friedlander First Fifty. Printed in a limited edition binding with gold lettering on the cover and spine, the special edition is housed with a Signed gelatin silver print in a custom slipcase embossed with gold foil stamping.
The collection is limited to an edition of Twenty-Five.
Quantities of the Limited Edition are extremely limited.
If you would like more information, please inquire here.
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