Tampa, Florida
Photograph
1970 (photographed)
1970 (photographed)
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Black and white photograph featuring a grid of 12 photographs tacked in a window. 10 of the photographs feature partially or entirely nude women, whereas the central two photographs on the bottom row feature two male figures dressed in suits.
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| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Lee Friedlander, 'Tampa, Florida', Lyndon B. Johnson & Humphries plus nudes, gelatin silver print, 1970 |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph featuring a grid of 12 photographs tacked in a window. 10 of the photographs feature partially or entirely nude women, whereas the central two photographs on the bottom row feature two male figures dressed in suits. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 100, 2016-17:
Lee Friedlander (born 1934)
‘Tampa, Florida’
1970
Lee Friedlander was among the American artists who created a new form of documentary photography in the 1960s. Here, he captured a store-front displaying titillating images of glamour models alongside portraits of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator George McGovern. It is a bizarre juxtaposition which, like much of Friedlander’s work, conveys the chaotic, often humorous nature of modern life.
Gelatin silver print
Given by the Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust
Museum no. Ph.774-1980 |
| Credit line | Given by the Fraser Charitable Trust. Copyright Lee Friedlander, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco |
| Object history | Together with figures such as Garry Winogrand and Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander transformed American documentary photography in the 1960's. By the late 1970's he was widely seen as one of the most penetrating photographers of American cities. In Friedlander’s images, surfaces are frequently broken, disrupted, or complicated; objects jut forward, obscuring others. Mirrors and windows reflect and refract events already in flux. Through his oblique take on the social and visual fabric of townscapes, unexpected patterns and social processes emerge. |
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| Accession number | PH.774-1980 |
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| Record created | July 25, 2003 |
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