Von Lintel Gallery | Los Angeles
Anthony Friedkin
Anthony Friedkin Ebb and Flow
Anthony Friedkin Biography
A Los Angeles native, Friedkin began photographing at the age of eight and was working in darkrooms by the time he was eleven. Early on, he used photography to explore his infatuation with the ocean and now, over 60 years later, he still travels the Southern California coast with a camera in hand. Friedkin feels strongly about the powerful energy of the ocean, the medium in which life began. This series visualizes that magnetism, as well as the inherent sensuality and beauty of the ocean.
Friedkin extends his adoration of the ocean to include surf culture, in and out of the water. He believes in the power of extraordinary photographs that cannot be easily defined, but rather celebrate perception and its many layers of reality. The reality of surf culture is that it does not end when the surfers exit the sea, but rather, it carries over into how they live, party, and spend their time on land, often bleeding over into skateboard culture. Friedkin’s work also delves into these intersections and presents the broader reality of surf culture.
Friedkin’s photography has been exhibited internationally since the 1970’s and is in the permanent collections of the Getty Museum, the George Eastman Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, to name a few. He has lived and worked in Santa Monica for the past 50 years.