Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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
A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, New York City, USA, 1978
By Leonard Freed
Located in New York, NY
A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, New York City, USA, 1978
1978/2023
Estate stamp in black ink, verso
Archival pigment print
6 x 6 inches, sheet
3.75 x 5.5 inches, im...
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1970s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Yeshiva Boys, Black-and-White Photography 1950s Jewish Diaspora Brooklyn, USA
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Yeshiva Boys, 1954 is a black-and-white photograph of two young studious boys behind a glass door, an entrance to a Brooklyn brownstone in New York City. A gelatin silver lifetime pr...
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1950s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, NYC, Black and White Photo 1960s African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver print signed by the photographer on verso (back of photo).
Provenance: Freed estate
LITERATURE: W. A. Ewin...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Kate #16, Black and White Photograph of Nude in Car, San Francisco Summer
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #16, 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 modern print by the Freed estate. Printed: 2006.
A photographer herself, model and yogini Kate remains complicit in striking a pose, nude, in a convertible with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Her body shape and form blend with the natural beauty of the California setting. Freed captures both playfulness and sensuality of a self-possessed woman.
The Kate nude photo series...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Kate #13, Black and White Photograph of Nude Woman, Summer Yogini in California
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 "vintag...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African-American Body Builder, New York City 1960s
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 Portrait Photography
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Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film
Muscle Boy, Harlem, Black and White Photography 1960s African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
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 ve...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Arc...
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed and numbered archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate, Freed's widow Brigitte Freed, on back of photograph. Available: 3/10.
Provenance: Freed Estate
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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...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Woman Protestor, March on Washington, African-American Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Woman Protestor, March on Washington, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver photograph, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is in Leonard Freed's book “This Is the Day: The March on Washington'' (p. 50).
Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and as a "concerned photographer" his work demonstrated humanitarian concerns. The photographer travelled to New York, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East Coast to the Deep South, Freed’s photo essay culminated in the book Black in White America, which contributed to Freed's becoming one of the well-known documentary photographers of 20th Century America.
After Freed’s death in 2006 his widow, Brigitte Freed was inspired to compile a book on the March on Washington from her late husband’s archive when she heard then-Senator former President Barack Obama remark to an audience of civil rights activists, “I stand here because you walked.”
The March on Washington series is a powerful visual testimony, capturing protests that culminated in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream'' speech, delivered at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
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...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Policeman with Puppet and Gun, Black and White Limited Edition Photograph
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
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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...
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1970s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Muscle Boy, New York City, African American Children in Harlem 1960s, Limited Ed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy is an iconic image by Leonard Freed who was a pioneer in socially conscious photojournalism.
In this photo a boy flexes his muscles for the camera perhaps making a state...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Martin Luther King, Black and White Limited Edition Photograph of MLK 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Martin Luther King (MLK), 1964 by Leonard Freed is an iconic black and white documentary photograph, a portrait of one of the most influential African American personalities and civi...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
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 Portrait Photography
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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
World Series Win, New York City, Black and White Baseball Photography 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
World Series Win, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the ...
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1950s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Beauty Contest, Harlem, Black and White Photography of African American Fashion
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Beauty Contest, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 16" x 20" gelatin silver print, signed verso (on back) by the Freed estate. The image appears in Amer...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Dogs, USA, Greenwich, CT, Black and White Photograph of Pets in Sports Cars
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Dogs, USA, Greenwich, CT is a 5" x 7" black and white photograph, stamped “vintage” by the Freed estate on verso (back) of gelatin silver press. Provenance: Freed archive.
The photo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Woman on Bus, Washington Protest, African-American Civil Rights Photography
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.
***
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
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 Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Fashion Show, Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
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 photograp...
Category
1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African American Life New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image 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's book Black in W...
Category
1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Kate #10, Vintage Black and White Photograph of Nude Yogini
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #10, 2002 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" hand printed. Signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate. Model and yogini Kate remai...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, Portrait Photography of African American Children 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Punctuated by documentary photo essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in the Harlem series. In the image of Fire Hydrant, two chil...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pi...
Harlem, Photograph of African American Everyday Life in New York City 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Harlem, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is a 14” x 11” photograph from the photographer's Black in White America book (p. 91). The gelatin silver print from the estate is stamped verso (back ...
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1950s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, Black and White Photograph African American Children 1960s
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 Portrait Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Wall Street, New York City, Black and White Documentary Photography 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Wall Street, 1956 by Leonard Freed is a modern print signed verso (on back) by the estate/widow of the photographer, Brigitte Freed. This is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver print. Leonard...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Paris Longchamp, Vintage Black and White Photograph of Parisian Elite 1980s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Paris Longchamp, 1989 by Leonard Freed is stamped and signed verso (back of photo), a gelatin silver vintage print, 16" x 12". The documentary photograph captures chic beautiful peop...
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1980s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Willy Nelson, Texas, Country Music Singer Portrait Photography 1990s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Willy Nelson, 1993 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a series of (3) photographs, gelatin silver press RC prints, which are each signed verso (bac...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Kate #11, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph of Nude in Yoga Pose
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Yeshiva Students, New York, Black-and-White Photography Jewish Diaspora 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Yeshiva Students, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed is a black-and-white photograph of three young Jewish Youth, studying at a yeshiva. This is a gelatin silver lifetime print, 16...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York, Black and White Photo African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver photograph signed by the photographer on verso (back). Provenance: Freed archive. LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
Kate, Contemporary Black and White Portrait Photography of Female Nude
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 Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Birmingham Children, Vintage Black and White Civil Rights Photography 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Birmingham Children, 1963 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a 16" x 12" vintage gelatin silver photograph, signed verso (on back) by the photographer. A photo that depicts th...
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1960s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Arno River, Florence, Italy, Street Photography of Soldiers
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
This is a black and white photograph of three soldiers seated on a bridge, above the Arno River, Florence, Italy 1958 by Leonard Freed. It is a 12" x 16" ge...
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1950s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Bride, Naples, Italy, Black and White Street Photography 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Bride, Naples, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph, cinematic in nature. This is a gelatin silver, signed by the photographer, lifetime print, 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...
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1950s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Kate #13, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph of Female Figure, Dance and Yoga
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 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Kate #16, Vintage Gelatin Silver Print of Female Nude
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #16, 2002 is a vintage 8" x 10" black and white photograph from the series "Kate." Model Kate remains complicit in striking and defining dramatic poses for Freed. The photograph...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Leonard Freed Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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