| HUMANITY
Greg Friedler
Editor:Alexander Scholz
Design: Alexander Scholz,
Susanne Weigelt
Hand crafted hardcover (full
linen), japanese bound,
printed on Fedrigoni paper,
mounted on cardboards by hand,
with booklet (interview with
Greg Friedler)
Oversized book limited to 300
copies, signed and numbered
by Greg Friedler
98 pages, 63 x 50 cm
ISBN 978-3-936165-87-6
At the moment we are discussing
the new edition
with the administration of the Friedler estate INFO
"Photography for me is a way to be creative and also a license to discover that which I do not know or do not understand. It is a way to explore my infatuation with humanity. It allows me the freedom to connect with and dissect the world before my lens. I feel most present and alive when making photographs. Mine is an honest vision and one without bells and whistles or pomp and circumstances—a pared down, organic world with no concern for modernité yet more for timeless essences. I want my photos to have a quiet, yet fierce impact and power. Like a whisper that hits you in the gut. I believe that the best photographic art is made when the eyes, heart, and mind are aligned. This is why I say "Making art with an exacting eye, loving heart, and inquisitive mind." Hopefully my photos pose more questions than they can possibly answer."
Greg Friedler in the interview with Alexander Scholz
My book, Greg Friedler's : HUMANITY, is easily the biggest milestone in my career to date. I always photograph from my own unique vantage point, yet one could say that I have multiple personalities or varying perspectives with regards to my photographic artwork. I find equal value in nudes, portraits, still lifes, abstract work, urban color facades, anthropological studies, typologies, documentary work, etc. This book is so important to me because I have finally found someone, Alexander Scholz, who "gets it" and can see the larger picture, no pun intended. He can see that, though my work may appear to be made by different artists, it is all woven together by one common denominator: my fascination and curiosity with mankind. I am known all around the world for my figurative work, and many would consider me to be "the naked guy," yet I am far from a one trick pony. The figurative work was merely act one of what I hope to be a three or four act play. The celebration of my work in this unbelievable book will, I hope, allow people to see and explore my work with a fresh set of eyes.
Greg Friedler about this project
GREG FRIEDLER:
Highly motivated visual artist and photographer with a 16 year professional career in the art, academic, commercial, and the publishing worlds of photography.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books (monographs):
- Naked New York, a monograph published by W.W. Norton & Company, June 1997.
- Naked Los Angeles, a monograph publihed by W.W. Norton & Company, Dec. 1998.
- Naked London, a monograph published by W.W. Norton & Company, Sept. 2000.
- Mattress, a monograph published by Goliath, January 2002.
- Naked Las Vegas, a monograph publsihed by W.W. Norton & Company, Oct. 2008
Books (anthologies):
- Nerve, anthology published by Broadway Books, March 1999.
- Paper, anthology published by Distributed Art Publishers, July 1999.
- The New Nude, anthology publsihed by Chronicle Books, Oct. 2000.
- Exposed, anthology published by Quarto Publishers, Nov. 2000.
- Naked Women, anthology publsihed by Thunder's Mouth Press, Dec. 2001.
- Self Exposure, anthology by published by Rizzoli, Feb. 2005.
- The World's Top Photographers: Nudes, anthology published by Rotovision, April 2006.
- Forthcoming: Identities Now: Contemporary Portrait Photography, anthology published by Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art, expected, Spring 2012.
HONORS:
- Personal collection of Karl Lagerfeld, Christian La Croix, Ronald S. Lauder.
- Permanent collection of the Musee Des Beaux Arts-Bordeaux, France.
- Permanent collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
- Permanent Collection of the German Hygiene Museum.
- Participant in the Downtown Arts Festival 1997, New York City.
- Book launch & signing at the National Arts Club, New York. Fall 2000.
- One man show with EJ Bellocq.
- Lucie Awards 2008, 10 time Honorable Mention.
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