Kate #15, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is in the photographer's series "Kate." This is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate.
Shot In San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge as backdrop Leonard Freed photographs Kate, a woman photographer who revels in dolce vita poses on a shoot during a cliff drive in California. The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo career tackled subjects for which he became well-known as a social-documentary photographer in the USA.
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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Shot In San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge as backdrop Leonard Freed photographs Kate, a woman photographer who revels in dolce vita poses on a shoot during a cliff drive in California. The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo career tackled subjects for which he became well-known as a social-documentary photographer in the USA.
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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Available at 99Prints NYC an online art marketplace for today’s collector of contemporary art, works on paper, original and limited edition photography. Based in New York City, 99Prints ships worldwide.