Leonard Freed: Six Stories
September 14 – October 21, 2017
Leonard Freed
Hasidic Wedding, the Men Dance in One Room, the Women in Another, 1954
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1954
8 x 13 inches
Signed and dated by photographer verso, photographer stamp verso, Magnum stamp and label verso
Leonard Freed
Children's Camp for Poor City Children, New York, New York, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
9 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches
Signed, titled, dated and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp and label verso
Leonard Freed
Demonstration in Front of Courtroom, New York, New York, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
14 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches
Signed, titled, dated and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp and label verso
Leonard Freed
Hasidic Boys are Covering Their Faces With Their Hats and One of Them Tries to Run Away Because it is Against Religious Law to be Photographed, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, 1954
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1954
6 x 9 inches
Signed, titled, dated and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label verso
Leonard Freed
Summertime in Harlem, New York, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
13 11/16 x 9 inches
Photographer's copyright stamp and Concerned Photographer exhibition credit stamps verso; Hebrew annotations verso
Leonard Freed
The First Day of May, Düsseldorf, West Germany, 1963
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
14 1/2 x 10 inches
Signed by artist verso
Leonard Freed
With my camera I climb over the perspiring human surfaces and view the cavities, the molars. The roar of the voices sounds like the great Niagara Falls pounding the earth's surface. And as man wants to know nature's language, so I want to know this German sea, Bonn, West Germany, 1965
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1965
10 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches
Signed, dated and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp verso
Leonard Freed
Argument, West Germany, 1961
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1961
6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Signed and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp verso
Leonard Freed
The old parents are bringing flowers to the grave of their son who was killed during the Second World War, Graveyard near Koblenz, West Germany, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1965
14 1/2 x 10 inches
Signed and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label verso
Leonard Freed
On the 1st of May, the working man's day, a national holiday in Germany, the men listen to the street corner speakers, Düsseldorf, West Germany, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
14 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label verso
Leonard Freed
Three Girls Talking with Large Crowd Behind Them in the Street, Harlem, New York, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
14 3/4 x 10 inches
Signed and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label and stamp verso
Leonard Freed
In New Orleans drinks are sold through the window to colored people, drinking on the street is forbidden by law, New Orleans, LA, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1965
13 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches
Signed, dated and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label verso
Leonard Freed
Prisoners Call and Reach Hands Out from Their Cells, Segregated Prison, New Orleans, LA, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1965
9 7/8 x 13 inches
Signed and stamped by artist verso
Leonard Freed
Boys are Showing How Strong They are at Harlem School Rooftop Swimming Pool, Harlem, New York, 1963
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
Image size: 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp and label verso
Leonard Freed
African American Church in Quincy, Florida, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1965
10 x 13 5/8 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp and label verso
Leonard Freed
The Children of Share Croppers, Johns Island, South Carolina, 1964
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1964
10 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp verso
Leonard Freed
Arabic Woman Carrying Belongings on Her Head, Israel, 1967
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1967
9 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp verso
Leonard Freed
After the Six Day War, Jerusalem, Israel, 1967
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed ca. 1967
10 x 15 1/8 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp verso
Leonard Freed
The Return of Martin Luther King Jr. After Receiving Nobel Peace Prize, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964
RC print, printed later
8 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso
Leonard Freed
In the Home of a Cotton Picker in South Carolina, the African Americans See the Other America (the White America) on Television, South Carolina, 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1964
9 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label and stamp verso
Leonard Freed
Old Man in Front of Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, 1967
Vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed ca. 1967
13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches
Signed recto, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label verso
Leonard Freed
Three Small Children Walking Holding Hands on Street in Harlem, New York, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1963
14 x 9 3/8 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label and stamp verso
Leonard Freed
A girl bought a green twig and because it starts to rain, she is covering her head with it, Rome, Italy, 1958
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed ca. 1958
14 x 10 3/8 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp and label verso
Leonard Freed
The priests have a snow ball fight on St. Peter's Square in Rome during a several hours lasting snow fall, Italy, 1958
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed ca. 1958
10 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum label verso
Leonard Freed
Cats in an Alley, Naples, Italy, 1956
Unique vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed ca. 1958
11 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches
Signed and captioned by artist recto, captioned and stamped by artist verso
Leonard Freed
Bronze skull in front of a church in Naples, Italy, 1956
Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1956
14 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso, Magnum stamp and label verso
Leonard Freed
A Hasidic Student on the School Doorway Studying, New York, New York, 1954
Unique vintage gelatin silver print mounted on board, printed ca. 1954
13 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches
Signed by artist on board recto
Leonard Freed
Hasidic School Bus, Brooklyn, New York, 1954
Gelatin silver print, printed later
12 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches
Signed, captioned and stamped by artist verso
SKG artist Leonard Freed is featured in BOZAR's upcoming exhibition, "RESIST! The 1960s Protest, Photography and Visual Legacy." The show will be on view June 27 to August 26 Iin Brussels.
Steven Kasher Gallery is proud to exhibit at The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, the longest-running fair dedicated to photography.
SKG artist Leondard Freed is featured in the exhibition, WOKE: Rattling Bones, Conversations, Sacred Rites and Holy Places, at City Gallery in Charleston on view from April 3 to May 6, 2018,
Photographs by SKG artist Leonard Freed are on view at the University of Lousiville's Ekstrom Library through May 25th as part of their "Fine Young Kids" exhibition.
SKG artist Leondard Freed is featured in the exhibition, Posing Beauty in African American Culture, curated by Dr. Deborah Willis. The show on view through March 4, explores how African and African American beauty has been represented in a range of media and popular culture.
Charleston City Paper reviews, "WOKE," an exhibition featuring photographs by SKG artist Leonard Freed.
Sara Havens reviews "Fine Young Kids" at the University of Louisville, which features photographs by SKG artist Leonard Freed. The show is on view through May 25.
Renay Morris recounts her experience of the opening of the show, Leonard Freed: Six Stories and his remarkable photojournalistic abilities.