Apples and Olives.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 2005. 65 pp., 55 duotone illustrations, 9¾x10½".
Lee Friedlander’s most recent book, Apples and Olives, is a tribute to his long love of visual complexity. Photographs of apple trees in New York State and olive trees in France, Italy and Spain from 1997-2004, make up the body of this series of natural landscapes. Throughout the seasons, Friedlander is able to capture striking compositions that seem to be shot from just inside the reach of a tree’s furthest twigs, leaving the expanding, branching limbs to fill the frame.
Published in association with Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden
Apples and Olives is an absolutely lovely photobook;
sumptuously printed, elegantly designed (with the colorful
endpages that Friedlander and designer Katy Homans
are known for) and, above all, filled with singularly amazing
images. But when it comes down to it, Lee Friedlander
is a difficult photographer to talk about. As last year’s
massive MoMA catalogue illustrates, he has traversed the
photographic landscape rather thoroughly, moving from
editorial work to street photography to any number of
personal projects, almost all of which have culminated in
a book. The images in Apples and Olives come as direct
offspring of a vision that was first realized in The Desert
Seen and then again in Self-Portrait (from 2000, not the
groundbreaking 1970 monograph), but that was most
ascendant in Sticks & Stones. Throughout his career,
Friedlander has consistently used specific subject matter
(like the urban landscape, or the desert, or apple and olive
trees) to explore the flat picture plane. More specifically, in
the four aforementioned books, it is a square, black-andwhite,
photographic two-dimensionality that he is playfully
yet sophisticatedly concerned with. Friedlander is a
master of creating unity out of diverse shapes and tones
in the two-dimensional picture plane. On this level, the
subject matter is arbitrary and irrelevant. The work, however,
is not. DARIUS HIMES
![]()
BookTease™
Ordering Information
This item is currently unavailable from photo-eye, however we have located copies for you to purchase
immediately through
Amazon Marketplace
.
We will receive credit for these orders if you use our ordering system. We will also receive credit for any
other purchases you make while on Amazon's site. Thank you for supporting photo-eye!
Why Amazon?
The explosive growth in photography book publishing has presented photo-eye with an interesting challenge along with what we think is an exciting opportunity.
How can we continue to offer an ever-increasing inventory of photography books, keep those books continuously in stock and compete with the online deep discounters on price and shipping? The answer is that we can shift much our fulfillment to the web's most efficient book operation, Amazon.com.
Now we are happy to offer you Amazon's discounts on books which are almost always in stock from either Amazon directly or Amazon Marketplace. We can also provide you with the same shipping options that Amazon provides, including on qualified orders (Amazon Prime), free shipping.
It's important to understand that you will still be supporting photo-eye (we get credit) if you order from Amazon or Amazon Marketplace through photoeye.com. We make it easy for you to do this by providing links to Amazon. However, you must use the provided button or links so that we get credit. If you continue shopping at Amazon during the same session, we get credit for those sales too!
You may still opt to purchase a particular title from photo-eye directly even though the same book is available through Amazon at a less expensive price.
Here are some of the reasons why you might choose to purchase books from Amazon...
-
Lowest Prices. Amazon is the leading discounter on the web.
-
In Stock. Most books are constantly available from Amazon directly or through Amazon's Marketplace.
-
Diverse Selection. Over 35,000 art and photography book titles are in stock.
-
Free shipping. Many book orders totaling over $25 are available for free shipping.
-
Shipping Costs. If not free, shipping charges are lower than most other websites.
Here are some of the reasons why you might choose to purchase books directly from photo-eye...
-
Diverse Selection. We carry signed books, limited editions, foreign titles, and small press titles that are not available through Amazon.
-
Pristine Condition. We pay special attention to the condition of the books we send out.
-
Book Advice. We cater to collectors. You can email or talk to us on the phone about a book before purchasing it.
-
Customer Service. If there is a problem with an order, you can email or call our customer service department.
-
Library Jackets. You may add a library jacket to most hardbound books that include dustjackets.
-
Expert Packing. We care about packing your order properly to lessen the chance that corners will be bumped.
-
Biodegradable Materials. We use biodegradable shipping materials for most orders.
Why Amazon Marketplace?
We have found copies of this book for sale on Amazon Marketplace. Amazon Marketplace is where booksellers from around the world list and sell books through Amazon's website.
Just click on the link below and you'll be taken to an order page on Amazon.com. Choose any Marketplace seller's book(s) and add them to your Amazon.com shopping cart. When you check out you will purchase the book through Amazon's system. The book will be sent directly to you from a Marketplace seller instead of from Amazon or photo-eye.
You will still be supporting photo-eye (we get credit) if the book is ordered through Amazon via the link below. In fact, if you stay on Amazon.com and do more shopping, we get credit for that too! Many thanks!
