Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander (born July 14, 1934) is an American photographer and artist. In the 1960s and 70s, working primarily with 35mm cameras and black and white film, Friedlander evolved an influential and often imitated visual language of urban "social landscape," with many of his photographs including fragments of store-front reflections, structures framed by fences, posters and street-signs.

Reflections

Friedlander loved to take pictures of people reflecting in the windows of street stores or viewed through the window. He loved the play of images superimposing each other.

He also frequently shot using the car’s windows as a frame within the frame. He also used  windshields and rear view mirrors for the same purpose.

He also frequently shot using the car’s windows as a frame within the frame. He also used  windshields and rear view mirrors for the same purpose.

Shadows of himself this was almost his signature. He loved to include a shadow of himself into the image and make it part of the story. Sometimes he would include a full reflection of himself in the image.