New York City Street by Leonard Freed, USA, Black-and-White Street Photography 1950s
New York City Street by Leonard Freed, USA, Black-and-White Street Photography 1950s
New York City Street by Leonard Freed, USA, Black-and-White Street Photography 1950s
New York City Street by Leonard Freed, USA, Black-and-White Street Photography 1950s
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New York City Street by Leonard Freed, USA, Black-and-White Street Photography 1950s

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New York City, USA, 1954 is a 13" x 9" archival pigment print (baryta) in a limited edition of 5. Signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer), with Leonard Freed's copyright stamp also verso, the print is edition number 1/5. The photo captures iconic New York in the 1950s, Freed's hometown city which he photographed widely throughout the many decades of his life.

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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