You don't plan to capture history, but you do anyway.
November 15, 2016 1:20 PM Subscribe
Marti Friedlander, 1928 - 2016, photographed New Zealand's prime ministers, athletes, musicians, artists, regular people, landscapes, protests, ceremonies. She died on Sunday.
October 2016 interview by Adam Dudding: "At this time in your life, everything is courage."
"I couldn't take pretty pictures. I love people. We're all endlessly fascinating."
2007 interview by Michele Hewitson: Marti Friedlander, modern woman
What she really likes to do is agree to be interviewed and suffer through it, twitching, until she can turn the tables, get out her camera, and take her own portrait of the person who is supposed to be making one of her.
Portfolio: Marti Friedlander.com
October 2016 interview by Adam Dudding: "At this time in your life, everything is courage."
"I couldn't take pretty pictures. I love people. We're all endlessly fascinating."
2007 interview by Michele Hewitson: Marti Friedlander, modern woman
What she really likes to do is agree to be interviewed and suffer through it, twitching, until she can turn the tables, get out her camera, and take her own portrait of the person who is supposed to be making one of her.
Portfolio: Marti Friedlander.com
An affectionate and perceptive tribute from Giovanni Tiso:
posted by verstegan at 1:34 PM on November 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
"a very difficult woman."
Ha! There are worse epitaphs. What an exciting life.
posted by Bee'sWing at 3:57 PM on November 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Ha! There are worse epitaphs. What an exciting life.
posted by Bee'sWing at 3:57 PM on November 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
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