Thursday, March 6, 2008

LEE FRIEDLANDER's Ramble in Olmsted Parks

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
The Howard Gilman Gallery
Until May 11, 2008

Central Park, New York City, 1992
Gelatin silver print
Copyright Lee Friedlander and Fraenkel Gallery, SF











Lee Friedlander returns to New York with Ramble in Olmsted Parks, which features an array of photographs taken in public parks and private estates that were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The exhibition also marks the 150th anniversary of Olmsted's design for New York's Central Park (1858). The approximately 40 silver gelatin prints are further testament to the extraordinary oeuvre Friedlander has developed over the past decades and his contributions to American photography established him as one of the most important photographers of our generation.

-Dana Mueller