The Extended Frame: A Collection Of Urban Stories

Bird Market, Hong Kong, 2017

In an era where artificial intelligence increasingly mediates our interactions, we risk losing touch with the physical world, our environment, and the essence of reality itself. My camera serves as a tool to reclaim this connection, creating a non-linear diary of places and experiences imprinted on my psyche. The Extended Frame: A Collection of Urban Stories explores how humanity occupies space, using a multi-frame format to construct visual narratives that echo the fragmented yet hyper-stimulating nature of urban life. I am examining the tension between public and private, unity and isolation, the collective and the individual. No artificially generated content is used in these photographs. And as the images converge, they organically construct imagined environments—only to be disrupted by visual fractures where frames meet. Both distinct and interconnected, these compositions challenge our perception of reality, reveal unexpected connections and urge us to reconsider what is tangible in a world increasingly shaped by digital constructs.


All Extended Frame™ photographic images are the exclusive property of Ellen Friedlander, and all are protected by the United States and international copyright laws. None of the photographs are within Public Domain. The photographs may not be copied, reproduced, published, manipulated, projected, used or altered in any way without written permission from the artist, Ellen Friedlander. The use of any Extended Frame photograph as the basis of another photographic or creative concept and/or illustration is a violation of copyright.