Talk:Lee Friedlander

Life and work
There is a serious disconect between the realm in which this photographer has long been received, that of the world of art photographers, museums, and galleries, and what the opening of this section chooses to highlight. I hope it won't be taken amiss for me to observe that many articles dealing with important issues within specific and somewhat restricted 'universes of discourse' or restricted areas of interest and expertise have pop culture references shoehorned into them.

One of my favorite examples is reflected in the talk page on, i believe, the small cakes called madeleines, in which the foundational reference to memory in Swann's Way is treated as a deep and ongoing annoyance to at least one reader, who thinks Proust is of minor interest to the world of encyclopedia readers. Pardon me if I got that wrong.

so, here's my first point: If the following is the opening para of a section called Life and work, how many of those who visit the entry to learn more about this photographer, highly influential for other photographers and who is a multiple award winner, including Guggenheim fellowships and a Macarthur award, and with many, many exhibitions, are going to be moved by the last two sentences?

'''Life and work Friedlander studied photography at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1956, he moved to New York City where he photographed jazz musicians for record covers. His early work was influenced by Eugène Atget, Robert Frank, and Walker Evans. In 1960 Friedlander was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to focus on his art, and was awarded subsequent grants in 1962 and 1977. Some of his most famous photographs appeared in the September 1985 Playboy, black and white nude photographs of Madonna from the late 1970s. A student at the time, she was paid only $25 for her 1979 set. In 2009, one of the images fetched $37,500 at a Christie's Art House auction.[1]'''

{personally, I would dispute part of the interpretation implied in the following as well, and it is unsourced: His photographs used detached images of urban life, store-front reflections, structures framed by fences, and posters and signs all combining to capture the look of modern life.)

Second point: no biographical details except where he studied, and the only projects mentioned with any detail are the Parks project (not among his most important, in my estimation), and Stems, which dates from 2003 (ditto), seems very unusual when compared to the great number of entries on persons I've seen. I take this to mean that the article was produced in one go, during one of the excellent editing sessions being held these years, but someone PLEASE add salient details and discussions to the article!

Pardon me if I mistake the purpose of Wikipedia entries or am misusing the talk page.Actio (talk) 01:09, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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