The nude lies at the centre of Western art. From the beginning of photography, it has attracted photographers, many of whom have imitated the forms and postures portrayed by painters. There are few moments when a photographer has abandoned derivative styles and allowed the viewer to see the body in a completely new manner. This occured in America in the work of Edward Weston and in Britain in the work of Bill Brandt. It now occurs in the photographs of Lee Friedlander. For 15 years he has worked with a number of models and little of his work has been seen. The photographs are both highly intimate and cooly detached. His frequently surprising perspectives are balanced by the mundane backdrops of ordinary life, the real domestic interiors of the models. This is a book about Friedlander's work.
- ISBN10 0224030523
- ISBN13 9780224030526
- Publish Date 6 June 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 January 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Pages 108
- Language English