I saw an exhibit of Lee Friedlander at SF MOMA today. Man he is really
anti-classical. Many of the shots are intentionally trying to look
really bad, and they succeed :-) many of those are very interesting
also. Often the gimmick is actually to be more honest about what we are
looking at, so you can certainly see the value in that.

"I only wanted Uncle Vern standing by his new car (a Hudson) on a clear
day. I got him and the car. I also got a bit of Aunt Mary’s laundry and
Beau Jack, the dog, peeing on a fence, and a row of potted tuberous
begonias on the porch and seventy-eight trees and a million pebbles in
the driveway and more. It’s a generous medium, photography."

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