Self Portrait Special Edition (1970)

Self Portrait is Friedlander’s first monograph, self-published by Haywire Press. Inserting himself into the world around him in various ways--his face peering out from behind a trophy, the spectre of his enlarged silhouette looming over a doorway, his reflection in a dirty mirror, and perhaps most famously, the shadow of his head cast onto a woman walking in front of him on the street--Friedlander decidedly challenges and reinvents the form of the self-portrait. The result is a body of work that is alternatively mischievous, spooky, defiant, and even lighthearted, but never predictable. In the introduction, Friedlander writes: “They began as straight portraits but soon I was finding myself at times in the landscape of my photography. I might call myself an intruder.”

 Edition Size: 100

Publisher: Haywire Press

Description: Case contains a signed copy of Self Portrait from the first edition printing in a custom binding, 1 signed, original, vintage print, and 1 original, vintage print tipped in cover; image size of print is 3⅞ x 5 3/16 inches, and image size of cover print is 4⅜ x 6⅞ inches

Details: Cloth over board case and cover

Dimensions: 9⅛ x 9⅜ x ⅝