Freed, Leonard. Black prisoners in an overcrowded communal cell in the Parish Prison-City Prison of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1965. vintage gelatin silver print, Image: 15.1 x 22.6 cm (5 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Paper: 19.8 x 25.2 cm (7 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2016.277. Copyrighted undefined.

Black prisoners in an overcrowded communal cell in the Parish Prison-City Prison of New Orleans, Louisiana

1965

Leonard Freed

Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006)

Photography

Black prisoners in an overcrowded communal cell in the Parish Prison-City Prison of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1965. Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 15.1 x 22.6 cm (5 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.); paper: 19.8 x 25.2 cm (7 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.277 © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Freed, Leonard
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: vintage gelatin silver print
Medium: vintage, gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Image: 15.1 x 22.6 cm (5 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Paper: 19.8 x 25.2 cm (7 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: “LFBWA-274/6000” Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: “PRISONS/ETRANGE/USA NEW ORLEANS/(LOUISIANA)” Written in blue marker on verso: “9B” Imprinted in black type on white paper label on verso: “MAGNUM/15 West 46 Street, New York, New York 10036/© Leonard Freed-Magnum USA 1965 [written in black ink]/Black Prisoners in an overcrow-/ded communal cell in the Parish/Prison-City Prison-in New/Orleans (Louisiana)./R 301-19” Written in pencil on verso: “Leonard Freed (signed)” Stamped in black ink on verso: “VINTAGE PRINT/© Leonard Freed-Magnum” Written in pencil on verso: “Book “Black in White America”/1965-New Orleans, LA-USA”
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2016.277
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: Black in America: Louis Draper and Leonard Freed
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined