Mr. Harlem by Leonard Freed, Black-and-White Photography 1960s African Americans New York City Conceptual with diver as subject captured

with diver as subject captured in mid-air

Brigitte Freed

From the series The Last Sitting

Provenance: Freed archive

"Starting in the early 1950s I asked every famous or important person I photographed to jump for me

Mr. Harlem by Leonard Freed, Black-and-White Photography 1960s African Americans New York City Conceptual with diver as subject capturedThe gelatin silver print is from the Freed estate, stamped verso (photo back) and signed by Brigitte Freed (widow of photographer). The image captures African American life in Harlem in the 1960s. Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14 x 11 black and white photograph from the photographer's book Black in White America (p . 107). Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and as a "concerned photographer" his work demonstrated humanitarian