Lee Friedlander

New York City
1968

A black and white double exposure photograph capturing the bustling atmosphere of a city. The image overlays a close-up silhouette of a person's profile with a street scene featuring tall buildings, pedestrians, and construction barriers. The ghostly outline of the person's head and shoulders blends into the urban landscape, creating an intriguing visual effect that merges the human element with the architectural environment.
A black and white double exposure photograph capturing the bustling atmosphere of a city. The image overlays a close-up silhouette of a person's profile with a street scene featuring tall buildings, pedestrians, and construction barriers. The ghostly outline of the person's head and shoulders blends into the urban landscape, creating an intriguing visual effect that merges the human element with the architectural environment.

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Date
1968

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 11in. (17.6 × 27.9 cm) Image: 6 3/4 × 10 1/4in. (17.1 × 26 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.121

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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