Lee Friedlander books

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I like Friedlander's work, and I was browsing some of his books online and was a bit overwhelmed by the number of publications.

Do you guys have any favourites or recommendations ?

I'm mostly interested in his BW work, the portraits (self-portraits a little less), nudes, car and travel pictures. Generally not a big fan of massive coffee table books
 
The MOMA publication (ISBN-13: 978-0870703447) accompanying the Friedlander exhibition curated by Galassi (2005) is pretty comprehensive. Just checked and many venues seem to still have the book. It's well-printed and relatively affordable. If you are interested in delving deeper into an area of his work, the catalogue in the end is an excellent guide on what was out there at the time of the publication.

From MOMA's relevant webpage:
"Working in extended series that he often makes into books—two dozen of them so far—Friedlander has merged quantity with quality. Friedlander presents some 500 photographs, organized into discrete groups whose subtle variations capture the vitality of a very generous art. Most prominent are several projects, spanning four decades, that offer a vivid and far-reaching vision of what Friedlander calls the "American social landscape." This central theme is supplemented with portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, still lifes, nudes, studies of people at work, and—exhibited for the first time—a current series of landscapes made in the American West.

The exhibition is accompanied by a major publication that includes over 800 reproductions, essays by Peter Galassi and Richard Benson, and a comprehensive catalogue of Friedlander's books, special editions, and portfolios."

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"self-portrait" and "factory valleys" (really needs to be reprinted).

"the american monument" and "cray at chippewa falls," too.
 
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