Paris
1997
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 38.4 x 37.5 cm (15 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 51 x 40.8 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.270
Art Historical Context
Lee Friedlander's *Paris* (1997) is a gelatin silver print that invites visitors to explore the bustling energy of the French capital through the lens of one of America's innovative photographers. Captured in a square format—image measuring 38.4 x 37.5 cm—this black-and-white photograph exemplifies Friedlander's signature street photography style, honed over decades since the 1960s. As a key figure in the "New Documentary" movement alongside contemporaries like Garry Winogrand and Diane Arbus, Friedlander transformed everyday urban scenes into visual puzzles. The gelatin silver print medium, ...
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...