item details
NameFilling station - rear view mirror, Hillcrest, New York. From the portfolio: 15 Photographs by Lee Friedlander
ProductionLee Friedlander; photographer; 1970; United States
Classificationgelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints, black-and-white photographs, works of art
Materialsphotographic gelatin, silver, photographic paper, selenium, mat board
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, metallic toning
DimensionsImage: 252mm (width), 167mm (height)
Registration NumberO.002856
Credit linePurchased 1982 from the Molly Morpeth Canaday Fund
Overview
New York City portraits
A shadow encroaching on the back of a woman’s head. A confronting look through a shop window – has the subject caught the photographer in the act? Half a face in a rear-vision mirror.
Traditional documentary photographers try to make themselves invisible in their photographs. But Lee Friedlander reminds us of the photographer’s presence. He draws our attention to the secretive nature of street photography, creating a sense of the photographer as stalker.