Photo 1: Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander – 1499-3: New Mexico, Photograph, 49.61 KB (50,800 bytes), 2001

Biography: 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, he 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.

Statement:  "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 I make it. If I had a chance, I'd be out shooting all the time. You don't have to go looking for pictures. The material is generous. You go out and the pictures are staring at you." -Friedlander

Background: Friedlander has made humorous and poignant images among the chaos of city life, dense landscape and countless other subjects.

Connection: There is a great relation of the urban style in this photo, it is very selfless and simple but it is also very street... literally. I chose this photo because i appreciated the simple accents of the lighting and the black and white film.