Leonard Freed Art

Bride, Naples, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph, cinematic in nature. A gelatin silver photograph, signed by the photographer, 24" x 20" from the Freed archive. LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N. Herschdorfer, and W. van Sinderen, Worldview, Leonard Freed, Steidl, 2007, p. 73 and back cover. Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in New York...

Diver, Dortmund, Germany, 1965 by Leonard Freed is a 16” x 20” gelatin silver print, signed and stamped (on back of photo) by the artist’s widow Brigitte Freed. This contemporary p...

New York, New York, 1981 is by American photographer Leonard Freed. A 16" x 12" signed verso (on back), gelatin silver, also stamped vintage on verso, the subject is New York City of the 1980s. The photograph captures men in suits...

Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York City, USA 1979 by Leonard Freed is a black and white limited edition photograph from Freed's Policework series. The photograph, 13" x 19", is an archival pigment print with the photographer's copyright stamp and estate signature by the photographer's widow, Brigitte Freed. The print is in an edition of 10. Available: 1/10, 10/10. 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...

The iconic image appears in Leonard Freed's seminal book "Police Work," published in 1980. Handcuffed (or Arrested), New York City, 1978 by Leonard Fre...

Punctuated by documentary photo essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in his Harlem series. In the image of Fire Hydrant, two ch...

Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, 1978 by Leonard Freed, is a 16” x 20” gelatin silver photograph from the photographer's Police Work series and book. The photograph from the estate is stamped verso (back of photo) and signed by Brigitte Freed (widow). A black and white modern photograph...

Kate #12, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a black and white photo of a female nude in a yoga pose. Model Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic poses -- this one, known in yoga, is sun...

Paris, France, 1991 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" vintage photograph, stamped on verso (back of photo) with Freed's copyright stamp, hand printed by the photographer, and signed on back of photo by the artist. A comedic French street scene of a business man with briefcase...

Model, photographer, and yogini Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic poses for American photographer Leonard Freed. Her yoga pose is known as sun s...

A black and white photograph of three soldiers seated on a bridge, above the Arno River, Florence, Italy 1958 by Leonard Freed. Arno River is a 12" x 16" ge...

Trinity Church, Wall Street, 1995 by Leonard Freed is a 20" x 16" black and white gelatin silver photograph. The urban landscape photograph captures Freed's interest in New York City architecture, a city he loved, as well as reveals the photographer's masterful techniques in using light...

Beach II, Italy, 1984 by Leonard Freed is an 11" x 14" black and white photograph, a gelatin silver RC print from the Freed archive, signed verso (on back of photograph) by the photo...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he discovered photography. In 1954 he moved to Little Italy on the lower east side of Manhattan, where his love affair with Italian culture began. The photographs expose Freed’s love of the Italian people. In photo after photo, the daily life, rituals and traditions of Italians are expertly frozen in time by the eye of such an accomplished photographer. The Italians finds scenes of weddings, birthdays and everyday life exposing their inner lives. His photographs illuminate an entire set of habits intertwined with tradition that are symbols of a broader culture and an entire country. Freed’s career began shortly after World War II with subjects as diverse as his travels. Freed first came to fame in the United States documenting...

Signed, printed later,before 2007

Signed, printed later but before 2007.

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Born in Brooklyn, Leonard Freed first wanted to become a painter but began taking photographs while in the Netherlands in 1953. In 1954, after trips through Europe and North Africa, ...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...

Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...