Window reflections with portrait of President and Mrs. Kennedy
name: label: maker
content: Friedlander, Lee
notes: label: Description
content: In this photograph, Friedlander uses the motif of a storefront to convey the social atmosphere of the 1960s. The store holds an assortment of objects, which relate a particular significance of the interests of consumers at the time while the portrait of President and Mrs. Kennedy place the image in a particular historical moment. This sharply focused photograph could make the viewer forget that they are looking at a two dimensional image. Friedlander incorporated elements into the photograph that emphasized the role of the photographer, such as capturing his reflection in the glass of the storefront. This grounds the viewer in the place of Friedlander while he was taking the photograph and enforces the perspective of the photographer and viewer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.69.101.2
label: accession number
content: 298692
label: catalog number
content: 69.101.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 5 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 22.225 cm