Lee Friedlander was born on July 14th, 1934 in Aberdeen Washington. He has been married to his wife, Maria DePaoli since 1958. Friedlander has currently has art showing in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
This photo is from a set called "Lee Friedlander’s Intimate Portraits of his Wife, Through Sixty Years of Marriage." This picture is of Maria in 1959. I admire the concept that Friedlander would want to capture his relationship throughout the years in images that he could later go back through and reminisce. I like the photo itself for several reasons, one of which is that the dress DePaoli is wearing dates the image to the time period. This is not a style that would be worn in more modern days. I also like the unique usage of framing. DePaoli is framed by the open part of the window while the rest of the window is foggy, making her face (and the background of another building behind it) the focus of the photo. The scraggly plants and long windows give the image a tired look along with the lack of color. Overall, I think that this photo and the rest in the set are a beautiful time capsule of their lives together.
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