Lee Friedlander's "Mannequin"

    Lee Friedlander is a American photographer who is known for innovative images of city streets. His street photography tends to capture different forms and ways light is used or perceived in urban areas. Most of his artwork included portraits of people, signs, and reflections of himself on storefronts; social landscaping some would say.

    "Mannequin," by Friedlander, makes me wonder how he was able to do this. The amount of detailing in this photo shows how much dedication he put into this work. The apartment building that is being reflected in the window looks a little rundown and seems to be next to a factory. While having a first look of this photo, I did not notice the other mannequin that is hidden in the back until I started to analyze the photo little by little. Its as if the mannequin and the building are staring back at one another which is strange because those are nonliving objects. The mannequin and the building crossing each others paths gives me an uneasy feeling of still photography, its point of view, which is something no one ever thinks about or even sees. Maybe the factory building and the second mannequin share the same viewpoint. 

    To me, the reflection of the building and the body of the mannequin makes it seem as if people are living in a place where money consumes them. Where people can just walk down the street see apartments for rent or even a sale in the stores and their automatic instinct is to research and decide whether or not the purchase is worth it. This might not be the actual meaning of this photo, but this is how I see it. But that is what photography represents, it is seen through different lens of people and their perception of how the image is seen is right for them.