New York, 1965
name: label: maker
content: Friedlander, Lee
notes: label: Description
content: Different from the other images in the series that feature views of storefronts or glass windows, this photograph captures this unsuspecting couple’s interaction on a New York street. The people sitting on the bench could possibly be enjoying some time during their lunch break in the middle of the work day. Friedlander conveys a moment in their exchange as well as the atmosphere of the city street. Even the sun on the woman’s face and the heat that prompted the men to take off their jackets expressed what that moment must have been like on this particular day in 1965. This image is an example of a scene that caught Friedlander’s eye and one that he found intriguing enough to capture in a photograph. The ability to spot that elusive moment and capture it effectively is one of the reasons that cemented Friedlander’s place in the history of photography.
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.69.101.1
label: accession number
content: 298692
label: catalog number
content: 69.101.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 6 1/4 in x 9 in; 15.875 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm