Westport, Connecticut
1968
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 19.8 x 12.3 cm (7 13/16 x 4 13/16 in.) mount: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Trellis Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.27
Art Historical Context
**Westport, Connecticut, 1968** Lee Friedlander’s *Westport, Connecticut* is a quintessential gelatin silver print from his prolific career in the late 1960s, the everyday grit of suburban America. Fried, a key figure in American street photography and part of the "New Documentary" movement, is renowned for his unflinching gaze at the modern landscape—cluttered with signs, reflections, and urban fragments that mirror society’s complexities. This intimate 19.8 x 12.3 cm image, mounted to 35.6 x 27.9 cm, exemplifies his signature style: sharp, high-contrast black-and-white compositions that la...
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...