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Leonard Freed
Muscle Boy, Harlem, Black and White Photography 1960s African American Children

1963

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Muscle Boy, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a signed and numbered archival Iris print. The edition 25/100 was in a planned edition of 100 and halted at 25 prints (as annotated on verso and signed by the estate, Freed's widow, Brigitte Freed). Available: 23/100, 24/100, and 25/100. Provenance: Freed archive. This is the cover of "Black in White America." It is also illustrated in "Leonard Freed: Photographies 1954 - 1990" and in "The Concerned Photographer." W. A. Ewing, N. Herschdorfer, and W. van Sinderen, Worldview, Leonard Freed, Steidl, 2007, p. 125. Leonard Freed was a pioneer in socially conscious photojournalism. In the photo a boy flexes his muscles for the camera making a statement perhaps about the strength a boy wishes to possess, especially a boy of color. The child is shirtless, beads of sweat collect on his face like a professional boxer who is in the ring to achieve victory. He is a role model for younger children as well as adults, sending the message about just how brave one boy remains in the face of social inequality. Freed's photographic career often led him to tackle weighty social documentary subjects from the period, 1960s, for which Muscle Boy was among the most iconic in the collection, Provenance: Freed Estate *** 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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