I take more to the subject than to my ideas about it. I am not interested in any idea I have had, the subject is so demanding and so important.
Lee FriedlanderI suspect it is for oneโs self-interest that one looks at oneโs surroundings and oneโs self. This search is personally born and is indeed my reason and motive for making photographs. The camera is not merely a reflecting pool and the photographs are not exactly the mirror, mirror on the wall that speaks with a twisted tongue. Witness is borne and puzzles come together at the photographic moment which is very simple and complete. The mind-finger presses the release on the silly machine and it stops time and holds what its jaws can encompass and what the light will stain.
Lee FriedlanderAt first, my presence in my photos was fascinating and disturbing. But as time passed and I was more a part of other ideas in my photos, I was able to add a giggle to those feelings.
Lee Friedlander