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Leonard Freed Art

American, 1929-2006

Leonard Freed was born on October 23, 1929, in Brooklyn. Although Freed's photographic career is defined by documentary photo essays, such as Black in White America, Freed traveled extensively and captured people, places and things that interested him in locations around the globe. A Magnum photographer, Freed traveled widely, photographing African Americans in America from 1964–65, events in Israel from 1967–68 and in 1973 and the New York City police department from 1972–79, to name a few celebrated assignments. Freed’s coverage of the American civil rights movement made him famous, although he continued to produce photo essays on New York, Italians and many other subjects. Leonard Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 until his death on November 29, 2006, Philipstown.

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Artist: Leonard Freed
Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, Gelatin Silver Photograph, 16x20, Signed
Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, Gelatin Silver Photograph, 16x20, Signed

Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, Gelatin Silver Photograph, 16x20, Signed

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

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...

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1970s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Kate #17 by Leonard Freed, Digital Print, Nudes, New York City Graffiti , 2002
Kate #17 by Leonard Freed, Digital Print, Nudes, New York City Graffiti , 2002

Kate #17 by Leonard Freed, Digital Print, Nudes, New York City Graffiti , 2002

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Leonard Freed's Kate #17, 2002, 13" x 19," is stamped (Freed's Magnum sticker) on verso back of photograph. From the Kate series, the digital print features model Kate and friend of ...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

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Photographic Film, Digital

Signed Gelatin Silver Civil Rights Era Photo, African-American Soldier in Berlin
Signed Gelatin Silver Civil Rights Era Photo, African-American Soldier in Berlin

Signed Gelatin Silver Civil Rights Era Photo, African-American Soldier in Berlin

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Berlin, Germany, 1961 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photograph of an African-American soldier...

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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

1979 Black and White Photo of Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York, Ed. 1/10
1979 Black and White Photo of Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York, Ed. 1/10

1979 Black and White Photo of Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York, Ed. 1/10

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

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...

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1970s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

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Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...

Paris, France, Vintage Gelatin Silver, Street Photography, Signed, 14x11 Inches
Paris, France, Vintage Gelatin Silver, Street Photography, Signed, 14x11 Inches

Paris, France, Vintage Gelatin Silver, Street Photography, Signed, 14x11 Inches

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

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...

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1990s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mr. Harlem, Bodybuilder, Black-and-White Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1960s
Mr. Harlem, Bodybuilder, Black-and-White Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1960s

Mr. Harlem, Bodybuilder, Black-and-White Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1960s

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

The image of a bodybuilder capturing African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s, Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14” x 11” black-and-white photograph from the photographer'...

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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mr. Harlem, New York, 1963 Archival Pigment Print, Signed, 19x13, Edition of 10
Mr. Harlem, New York, 1963 Archival Pigment Print, Signed, 19x13, Edition of 10

Mr. Harlem, New York, 1963 Archival Pigment Print, Signed, 19x13, Edition of 10

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

The image of an African-American body builder in Harlem captures the diversity of experiences and events in New York of the 1960s. Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is from the ph...

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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment

Woman on Bus, Washington, Gelatin Silver Print, Signed, 11x14, Civil Rights Era
Woman on Bus, Washington, Gelatin Silver Print, Signed, 11x14, Civil Rights Era

Woman on Bus, Washington, Gelatin Silver Print, Signed, 11x14, Civil Rights Era

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Woman on Bus, from the March on Washington, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 11" x 14" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is from Leonard Freed's This Is the Day: The March on Washington and is on p. 81 of the book (Getty Museum, 2013). American photographer Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and was a "concerned photographer" whose work demonstrated humanitarian concerns. 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...

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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, African Americans 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photo, Signed
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, African Americans 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photo, Signed

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, African Americans 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photo, Signed

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 11.5" x 9.5" gelatin silver signed by the photographer Leonard Freed (on verso). Provenance: Freed Estate LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N....

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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Black and White Photograph of Soldiers on Arno River, Italy, Signed Print, 12x16
Black and White Photograph of Soldiers on Arno River, Italy, Signed Print, 12x16

Black and White Photograph of Soldiers on Arno River, Italy, Signed Print, 12x16

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

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...

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1950s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, Black and White Gelatin Photograph, 20x16
Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, Black and White Gelatin Photograph, 20x16

Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, Black and White Gelatin Photograph, 20x16

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

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...

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1990s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Beach, Black and White Photograph by Leonard Freed, Signed Vintage Print, 1984
Beach, Black and White Photograph by Leonard Freed, Signed Vintage Print, 1984

Beach, Black and White Photograph by Leonard Freed, Signed Vintage Print, 1984

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

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...

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1980s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

MLK Baltimore USA

MLK Baltimore USA

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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Late 20th Century Leonard Freed Art

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Silver Gelatin

We Must have Justice! NYC

We Must have Justice! NYC

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

Signed, printed later,before 2007

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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wall Street, NYC

Wall Street, NYC

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1950s Leonard Freed Art

NYC (Police Work)

NYC (Police Work)

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

Harlem NYC Muscle Boy

Harlem NYC Muscle Boy

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1960s Leonard Freed Art

Germany Near Budensee

Germany Near Budensee

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1960s Leonard Freed Art

NYC Police Work

NYC Police Work

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1770s Leonard Freed Art

NYC

Leonard FreedNYC, 1978

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NYC

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

Israel Refugees

Israel Refugees

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1960s Leonard Freed Art

NYC David Rockefeller

NYC David Rockefeller

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

France

Leonard FreedFrance, 1981

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France

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1980s Leonard Freed Art

Israel

Leonard FreedIsrael, 1973

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Israel

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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, ...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

NYC

Leonard FreedNYC, 1978

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NYC

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

Tajiki Sculptor

Tajiki Sculptor

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1960s Leonard Freed Art

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1960s Leonard Freed Art

NYC For Police Work Book

NYC For Police Work Book

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

NYC

Leonard FreedNYC, 1978

Price Upon Request

NYC

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

Wailing Wall Jerusalem

Wailing Wall Jerusalem

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1960s Leonard Freed Art

West Germany

West Germany

By Leonard Freed

Located in Westwood, NJ

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...

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1970s Leonard Freed Art

Leonard Freed art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Leonard Freed art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Leonard Freed in film, photographic film, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Leonard Freed art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Ted Williams, Lawrence Fried, and Ken Regan. Leonard Freed art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $625 and tops out at $10,000, while the average work can sell for $3,000.