Wyoming
1996
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 37.8 x 37.3 cm (14 7/8 x 14 11/16 in.) sheet: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.240
Art Historical Context
Lee Friedlander’s *Wyoming* (1996) invites visitors into the vast, textured American landscape through the lens of one of the 20th century’s most photographers. Friedlander, for his street photography that layered reflections, shadows, and urban into intricate compositions, turned his democratic eye to natural scenes later in his career. This gelatin silver print—nearly square at 37.8 x 37.3 cm—captures Wyoming’s rugged essence, likely blending his signature complexity with open horizons, a nod to his evolving exploration of the U.S. social landscape. Printed in the traditional darkroom proce...
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...