Lee Friedlander, ‘Nudes’ at Pace Gallery

Lee Friedlander, Nude, gelatin silver print, 1980.
Lee Friedlander, Nude, gelatin silver print, 1980.

John Szarkowski, MoMA’s photography director for nearly 30 years, called Lee Friedlander’s nude photos, “… the most unblinkingly, unreservedly candid descriptions of other people’s bodies that serious photography has produced.”  Pace Gallery proves his point with a show of photos from the late 70s to the early 90s that practically interrogate female bodies in their intensity.  (On 57th Street through Dec 22nd).