Double Elephant : 1973-74

From 1973 to 1974, Lee Friedlander and Burt Wolf edited fouriconic portfolios at the Double Elephant Press in New York,featuring photographs by some of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century: Manuel Alvarez Bravo,Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, and Lee Friedlander himself.Each of the four limited edition portfolios contained fifteenphotographs by each artist, representing their distinct visionsthat can be described in the words of Walker Evans as "oddlyrefreshing, unselfconsciously striking, and unpredictablyadventurous."This publication honors the unique collaborative project thatwas to become a touchstone in the history of photography.