I went home for the holidays
and helped my dad cut up trees that had fallen.
One from the aforementioned “Monuments.” Lee Friedlander.
I believe we can all agree that Lee Friedlander’s books “American Monument” and “Letters from the People” are two of the greatest photo books of all time. They both showcase an absolute mastery of the camera, cunning instinct, and a conceptual simplicity that is genius.
Here is one from “Letters”.
Maybe I just made some kind of ad?
Looking through the archives and keeping with the theme.
Once again, glad to see some clouds in LA.
Amazing work I’ve not seen before from Bernice Abbott. See more here.
It’s crazy how awesome Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s work is…and how so few seem to appreciate his entire body of work. It seems to me that he is work is often compartmentalized by his fans…there seem to be those that think only of his landscape work, or his nudes, or those who think of him as a street photographer and others that think of him as a visual anthropologist. However you some may categorize it…it’s all surreal and very good.
Here are some that were new to me.