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
Dealer: 99Prints NYC
Yoga Portrait of Female Nude, Vintage Black and White Photograph, Kate #12
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #12, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a black and white photo of a female nude. The 16" x 20" gelatin silver print is signed by the photographer, and stamped vintage on verso (back of p...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Paris, France, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph 1990s French Street Scene
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Paris, France, 1991 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" vintage print, stamped on verso (back of photo) with Freed's copyright stamp, hand printed by the photographer, and signed on back of photo by artist.
A comedic French street scene of a business man with briefcase...
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1990s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Female Nude, Kate Standing, Vintage Black and White Photography, Signed Print
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed's stamped vintage (verso), 14" x 11," gelatin silver signed and hand-printed by Freed, Kate Standing, is from the Kate series, 2002. A photographer herself, model Kate ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Williamsburg, New York City, USA, Jewish Diaspora Street Photography 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Capturing the Jewish diaspora and the Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York in the 1950s, this is subject matter which American photographer Leonard Freed from Brooklyn widely cov...
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1950s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Female Nude, Contemporary Black and White Photography, Kate by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate, from the Kate series, Garrison, New York, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is an 11” x 14” gelatin silver photograph signed verso (on back of photo) by the estate.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Female Nude, Kate #13, Yogini in California, Black and White Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #13, is from the Kate series, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed. This is a signed, 16" x 20" black and white photograph (gelatin silver), stamped/authenticated "vintage" on verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate.
A photographer herself, model and yogini Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic nude poses for Freed. In this image Kate remains theatrical on a hilltop cliff above the sea. Her body shape and form blend with the lines and angles of the setting. Freed captures both playfulness and sensuality of a self-possessed woman.
The photo series Kate became a welcome reprieve for Freed who during a long photo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Graffiti and Portrait Photography New York City, Kate #17, Female Nude
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed's Kate #17, 2002 sized 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 frien...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Digital
New York City, Handcuffed, Police Work 1970s, Documentary Street Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Handcuffed, New York City, 1978 is a 14" x 11" black and white lifetime print by Leonard Freed. Signed verso (back of photo) by Leonard Freed, with Freed's copyright stamp also verso, the image appears in Leonard Freed's seminal book "Police Work," published in 1980.
For several years in the 1970s Leonard Freed worked alongside the New York police...
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1970s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Nude Female, Black and White Creative Photography of Woman, Kate #3
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #3, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a 10” x 8” hand printed, signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of photograph)....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Rome, Italy, Black and White Photography by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
A gelatin silver estate print, 24" x 20" from the Freed archive, Rome, Italy, 2000 by Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph focused on an unexpected, poetic, and beautiful classical sculpture in the stairwell of a modest Roman dwelling.
Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Berlin, Germany, African-American Soldier in Europe And Civil Rights Photography
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, by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer).
The photograph of an African-American soldier...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Female Nude, Dance and Yoga, Black and White Photography, Kate #13
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #13, is from the Kate series, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a signed, 8" x 10" (small format) black and white photograph (gelatin silver), stamped "vintage" on ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
New York City, Harlem, 1960s, Photograph of African-American Body Builder
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image of a body builder from the 1960s captures African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s. Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is from the photographer's book Black in White Am...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Germany, Dortmund, Black and White Photography 1960s, Diver by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Diver, Dortmund, Germany, 1965 by Leonard Freed is a 16” x 20” gelatin silver print, signed and stamped (on back of photo) by the widow Brigitte Freed. This contemporary photograph i...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
New York City, Handcuffed, Street Photography 1970s, Limited Edition
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Handcuffed (or Arrested), New York City, 1978 by Leonard Freed is 19" x 13" in a limited edition of 10 signed by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of t...
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1970s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Female Nude, Kate Resting, Contemporary Portrait Photography by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
This is a black and white contemporary portrait photograph of a female nude by Leonard Freed, Kate Resting, is in the photographer's series "Kate". A 20" x 16" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate (provenance).
The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
African-American Civil Rights Photography, Washington Protest, Woman on Bus
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Woman on Bus, from the March on Washington, 1963 (printed later) by Leonard Freed, is a 11" x 14" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is from Leonard Freed's series 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 archive.
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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...
Category
1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Italy, Beach, Black and White Photography 1980s by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Beach, Italy, 1984 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" black and white photograph, a gelatin silver RC press print from the Freed archive, signed verso (on back of photograph) by the photographer. Provenance: Freed Estate
Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in New York...
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1980s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Female Nude doing Yoga, Black and White Photography, Kate #11 by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #11, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a signed verso (back of photo) 8" x 10" black and white photograph, hand printed, signed by the photographer and stamped "vintage" by the Freed est...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Italy, Beach II, Collectible Black and White Photography 1980s
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 press print from the Freed archive, signed verso (on back of photograph) by the...
Category
1980s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Yoga, Black and White Photography of Young Woman, Kate #12 by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Model, photographer, and yogini Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic poses for the photographer. The yoga pose is known as sun salutation. Kate engages in a seemingly cosmic dance in open terrain against mountains and beneath a wide open sky with clouds. The Kate series is both whimsical and aesthetic -- a celebration of femininity, beauty, and freedom. Kate #12, 2002 by Leonard Freed...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Deauville, France, Black and White Photography of the Parisian Riviera 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Deauville, France, 1964 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph that captures chic style and loving embrace of a couple at the seaside tow...
Category
1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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