Chain Link explores the interplay of structure and repetition through framing and perspective, emphasizing the visual rhythm of interconnected forms. Lee Friedlander’s approach captures urban environments with a focus on patterns created by fences, windows, and architectural elements, highlighting the tension between order and chaos in the built landscape.

The photographs in Chain Link reveal a nuanced mood reflective of modern life’s constraints and freedom, materialized through the overlay of lines and spaces. Friedlander’s layering technique, often using reflections and shadows, invites viewers to examine the boundaries that define and divide spaces in everyday scenes.

Published by Steidl in 2017, this 140-page collection offers a contemplative and methodical study of form that is both abstract and conversational, demonstrating Friedlander’s continued engagement with urban textures and visual complexity.