Lee Friedlander: Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom GiftCard Sweeping Clouds

Sweeping Clouds

but when I sat down to work the only thing that came to my mind was the Cuban flag

Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely

With its silvery-green foliage

Lee Friedlander: Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom GiftCard Sweeping CloudsEarly work from Lee Friedlander capturing a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. On May 17, 1957, through the generosity of Bayard Rustin, Lee Friedlander was given full access to photograph the participants of the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D. C. This extraordinary event, organized by Mr. Rustin, as well as A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., brought together many of the great thinkers and