Meet Ellen

Ellen Friedlander is a Los Angeles-based artist who uses a variety of in-camera and post processing techniques to reveal the unpredictable and idiosyncratic nature of the human condition. Her style is fueled by curiosity and a commitment to a multiple point of view: drawn to the street, portraiture, documentary photography and alternative processes. She has been inspired by 20th century photographers to take to the city streets across the United States, as well as in Hong Kong where she raised her family. Friedlander holds a BFA in Art with a Minor in Photography from Ithaca College and an MA in Mass Communications from the University of Florida. After 35 years of working in all facets of the business of photography; assisting, styling, representing and working on her own photographic assignments, she has found her own way of expressing the street with “The Extended Frame: A Collection of Urban Stories.”

Friedlander is a Kipaipai fellow as well as Co-Director of Pasadena Photography Arts, which promotes diverse photography projects by established and emerging photographers worldwide through Open Show and FORUM events. She has been featured in Lenscratch, The Hand Magazine, The Candid Frame podcast – Episode #499, and LA Weekly’s “Meet an Artist Monday." Friedlander stays connected to the broader artist community as a mentor for ASMP’s The Bridge Program, Executive Producer of “The Crit House Podcast,” member of UOOORS Art Collective, and Board President of January Arts non-profit.

Photograph by Ibarionex Perello

For the past four years, I have been working/collaborating with my daughter, Alexi. She has gravitated towards art since the moment she could hold a pencil. Now as an adult, it is a joy to have this special time in our lives to work together, make art and live out our dreams.