Leonard Freed (1929–2006)
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Leonard Freed was a documentary photojournalist and Magnum member.
Freed attended the New School and studied with Alexey Brodovitch, art director of Harper’s Bazaar. In 1967, Cornell Capa selected Freed as one of five photographers to participate in his “Concerned Photography” exhibition. His career blossomed during the American civil rights movement, when he traveled the country with Martin Luther King, Jr. in his celebrated march across the US from Alabama to Washington.
This journey gave him the opportunity to produce his 1968 book, Black in White America, which brought considerable attention. Another landmark in Freed’s career was his 1980 book, Police Work, which reported on New York City law enforcement.
In later years, Freed continued shooting photographs in Italy, Turkey, Germany, Lebanon and the U.S. He also shot four films for Japanese, Dutch and Belgian television.
He died in upstate New York after a battle with cancer on November 29, 2006.
