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Leonard Freed
Fashion Show, Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph African American Life 1960s

1963

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Fashion Show, 1963, Harlem, USA by Leonard Freed, is a 11” x 14” gelatin silver print, which appears in the photographer's seminal Black in White America book (p. 104). The photograph is stamped on verso (photo back) and signed by the estate/photographer's widow, Brigitte Freed. The image amplifies fashion back in the day when African Americans in Harlem enjoyed long necklaces, glamorous gowns, and gloves for women. Fashion has always been an extension of the African American community identity in Harlem as a means to black is beautiful. Provenance: Freed archive *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights movement is well-known as are his photo essays on New York, Italy, Germany, The Kate Series, among others. *** Available at 99Prints NYC an online art marketplace for today’s collector of contemporary art, works on paper, original and limited edition photography. Based in New York City, 99Prints ships worldwide.
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