The camera is not merely a reflecting pool and the photographs are not exactly the mirror, mirror on the wall that speaks with a twisted tongue. — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
I suspect it is for one’s self-interest that one looks at one’s surroundings and one’s self. This search is personally born and is indeed my reason and motive for making photographs. The camera is not merely a reflecting pool and… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
I only wanted Uncle Vernon standing by his own car (a Hudson) on a clear day, I got him and the car. Ialso got… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
... photographs are so loaded with information. They're remarkable. As I said, you get both the tree and the forest. — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
I suspect it is for one's self-interest that one looks at one's surroundings and one's self. This search is personally born and is indeed… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
It fascinates me that there is a variety of feeling about what I do. I'm not a premeditative photographer. I see a picture and… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
When you take a picture you haven't a clue that it is going to be what it is. Maybe you have a clue but… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
With a camera like that you don't believe you're in the masterpiece business. It's enough to be able to peck at the world. — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
You don’t have to go looking for pictures. The material is generous. You go out and the pictures are staring at YOU. — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
Anything that looks like an idea is probably just something that has accumulated, like dust. It looks like I have ideas because I do… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
... a mysterious intersection of chance and attention that goes well beyond the existential surrealism of the 'decisive moment'. — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
Photographs also show the way that the camera sees. It's not just me or you or anybody else. The camera does something that is… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
