Abraham Samuel Frajndlich

Background

Abraham (Abe) Samuel Frajndlich was born on May 28, 1946 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Education

Abraham (Abe) Samuel Frajndlich received his Bachelor of Arts (1968) and Master of Arts (1970) in English Literature from Northwestern University, Chicago. He studied with Minor White at a live-in workshop (1970-1971) and worked with White from 1975 until White's death in 1976. Frajndlich also worked with Nathan Lyons in 1974-1975.

Career

A freelance photographer since 1970, Abraham Frajndlich does some commissioned portraiture and annual reports, along with his own work. A member of SPE and the New Organization of the Visual Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, the photographer was chosen to represent the state of Ohio before the U.S. Senate in 1974. Using his background in literature, Abraham Frajndlich was concerned in his early photographs with sequential literary issues.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Abe Frajndlich: Penelope's Hungry Eyes

    (His new book collects portrait photographs of famous cont...)

    2011
  • Eros eterna

    (German Edition)

    1999
  • Portraits 2000
  • Cleveland Infra Red: An Extended Portrait of a city 1981
  • A Portrait of Minor White: Lives I've Never Lived 1983
  • Figments 1975
  • Masters of Light 1990

Membership

• New Organization of the Visual Arts , Cleveland

• Society for Photographic Education

Connections

colleague:

Minor White

colleague:

Nathan Lyons