Leonard Freed's stamped vintage (verso), 14" x 11", gelatin silver signed and hand-printed, Kate's Outstretched Arms, is from the Kate series, 2002. A photographer herself, model Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic poses for the nude series.
In this image Kate's arms outstretched, body embraced by the lover, body language hinting at the sacrificial in what looks like an abandoned apartment, the couple rest precariously in balance between two windows. In a pose also of abandon, Kate imparts a youthful desire for both love and freedom. Freed captures a self-possessed modern woman and a dance of sorts that Kate shares with a male partner on the edge of time.
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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