Leonard Freed

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Leonard Freed


Born
in New York City, The United States
October 23, 1929

Died
November 29, 2006

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Leonard Freed was a documentary photojournalist.

Freed had wanted to be a painter, but began taking photographs in the Netherlands and discovered a new passion. He traveled in Europe and Africa before returning to the United States where he attended the New School and studied with Alexey Brodovitch, the art director of Harper's Bazaar. In 1958 he moved to Amsterdam to photograph its Jewish community. Through the 1960s he continued to work as a freelance photojournalist, traveling widely. He documented such events and subjects as the Civil Rights movement in America (1964–65), the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and the New York City police department (1972–79).[1] His career blossomed during the American civil rights movement, when he traveled the
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Average rating: 4.33 · 102 ratings · 13 reviews · 22 distinct works
Black in White America

4.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions
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Leonard Freed: Photographs ...

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Leonard Freed: Worldview

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Police Work

4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions
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Leonard Freed: Police Work

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Leonard Freed's Germany

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions
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New York Police

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990
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Indonesiërs in Holland: 195...

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After the War Was over: Jew...

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