Lee Friedlander’s Intimate Portraits
Photo: Lee Friedlander
With its six-part series “The Human Clay,” Yale University Art Gallery is releasing a diverse array of work by the legendary photographer Lee Friedlander — “Portraits,” the latest installment of the project, collects his photographs of leading figures in art and culture over the last half-century. Friedlander’s subjects range from Fran Lebowitz to Derek Jeter, from Allen Ginsberg to Martin Luther King Jr., all depicted with arresting immediacy, often in their everyday environments.
Click through the slideshow for more examples of Friedlander’s intimate portraiture.
Fran Lebowitz, New York City, 1983. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Le...
Fran Lebowitz, New York City, 1983. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Derek Jeter, Florida, 1997. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/...
Derek Jeter, Florida, 1997. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Allen Ginsberg, New York City, 1967. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: L...
Allen Ginsberg, New York City, 1967. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Richard Avedon, New City, New York, 2002. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Pho...
Richard Avedon, New City, New York, 2002. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Sandra Fisher, London, 1975. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
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Sandra Fisher, London, 1975. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Philip Roth, New York City, 2010. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee ...
Philip Roth, New York City, 2010. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Martin Luther King Jr., Prayer Pilgrimage, Washington, D.C., 1957. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San F...
Martin Luther King Jr., Prayer Pilgrimage, Washington, D.C., 1957. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Anna and Tom Roma, Arizona, 1989. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee ...
Anna and Tom Roma, Arizona, 1989. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
John Szarkowski, New City, New York, 1973. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
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John Szarkowski, New City, New York, 1973. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
John Coltrane, New York City, 1965. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Frie...
John Coltrane, New York City, 1965. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
David Hockney, London, 1972. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Fried...
David Hockney, London, 1972. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Jeanette Seaver and Jean Genet, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraen...
Jeanette Seaver and Jean Genet, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Little Richard Penniman, New York City, 1963. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo...
Little Richard Penniman, New York City, 1963. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Bill Christenberry, Washington, D.C., 2013. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. P...
Bill Christenberry, Washington, D.C., 2013. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
Richard Benson, Newport, Rhode Island, 2010. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. ...
Richard Benson, Newport, Rhode Island, 2010. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
William S. Burroughs, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San...
William S. Burroughs, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968. Gelatin silver print. © Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Lee Friedlander/courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
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