Apples and Olives, Lee Friedlander, Fraenkel Gallery,Hasselblad Center,2005,Fine

Friedlander, Lee. Apples and Olives (San Francisco; Goteborg: Fraenkel Gallery; Hasselblad Center, 2005).

English, Fine, HC, 4to or 8vo, 10 1/2" x 9 3/4," 55 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 1933045329

Fine white paper-covered boards, black and green lettering to front and spine, black-and-white illustrations to front and back. Covers have light age toning, a few small marks, and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages pristine and intact. Principally black-and-white printed photographs with no captions. Photos are intermittently interspersed with excerpts from literature. Beautiful photo catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibitions, Lee Friedlander--Apples and Olives and Lee Friedlander--2005 Hasselblad Award Winner, which were respectively held at the Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco from November 3-December 30, 2005 and the Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden from November 19, 2005-January 8, 2006. Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) is an American photographer. This catalogue and the exhibitions it accompanied featured the black-and-white photos Friedlander took of apple trees and olive trees while in New York state, France, Italy, and Spain.