World Series Parade by Leonard Freed, Black-and-White Street Photography New York City, 1950s
World Series Parade by Leonard Freed, Black-and-White Street Photography New York City, 1950s
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World Series Parade by Leonard Freed, Black-and-White Street Photography New York City, 1950s

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World Series Parade, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the photographer and stamped (Magnum). The photograph was handprinted by Leonard Freed.

Parade by Freed captures the joy of two majorettes en route in the streets of the city for the celebration of the New York Giants baseball team win against the Cleveland Indians in 1954.

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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