This is a new collection of Friedman's work, based solely on his most
recent artistic studies. This incredible book is the first of all of Glen E.
Friedman's books to not use anything from his past archives of infamous iconic
images. It is based solely upon his most recent artistic studies and ambition.
This new book, "Recognize", has far reaching implications on the world of
modern art. Glen E. Friedman's mission with "Recognize" is no less than
're-aligning the aesthetic' or demolishing and then re-making the rules by
which we view and understand art. Just as Renaissance artists re-introduced the
classical world's honesty and discipline to art-making, Friedman restores
picture-taking to its primary and vital function: composition of the natural
world, combined with a sense of wonder at the magnificence of what is all
around us. These photos are more pleasurable than one might expect because they
are secretly more painful. They hide an aesthetic shock behind what first
appears to be more picturesque nebulosity. They sneak up on you, gradually
becoming more and more sexual, more uncomfortable. It's customary nowadays to
claim we "distrust beauty" because it has betrayed us.

In fact the
reverse is true: our culture betrays beauty and then blames it for its lack of
depth. On this edge, Glen's work is dancing.