Leonard Freed's Kate #17, 2002, is stamped (Freed's Magnum sticker) on verso back of photograph sized 13" x 19". From the Kate series, the digital print features model Kate and friend of the model. A photograph whimsical, aesthetic and comedic, Freed captures the playfulness and sensuality of two self-possessed young women. A photographer herself, Kate and friend are complicit in striking dramatic poses for the photographer. For the image Kate and female friend pose provocatively against a gritty NYC graffiti backdrop - in the background a cartoonish character's eyes are popping out of his head.
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 movement is well-known as are his photo essays on New York, Italy, Germany, The Kate Series, among others.
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