id: 78973 accession number: 2015.404 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.404 updated: 2023-08-23 17:48:45.253000 The police rushed to the supermarket after a call said a hold-up was in progress, and caught a teenager running from the scene. The store manager said they'd caught the wrong person. Later, a police check showed he was suspected of the other crimes, 1976. Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 16.1 x 23.6 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2015.404 © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos title: The police rushed to the supermarket after a call said a hold-up was in progress, and caught a teenager running from the scene. The store manager said they'd caught the wrong person. Later, a police check showed he was suspected of the other crimes title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1976 creation date earliest: 1976 creation date latest: 1976 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos --- culture: America, 20th century technique: Vintage gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006) - artist Born in Brooklyn to Jewish, working-class parents of Eastern European descent, Leonard Freed (1929–2006) went to Europe to become a painter but instead discovered photography. After studying the medium in New York City, he worked as a documentary photographer and photojournalist in Europe. In 1972 he joined Magnum, the celebrated collaborative photo agency. Freed’s photographs in this exhibition are from Black in White America, a series inspired by an experience he had while covering the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. As he photographed an African American soldier guarding the border, it struck Freed that this man was risking his life to defend a country that limited his own rights. Freed returned to New York to undertake a multiyear exploration of African American life. Freed began shooting around New York, and then traveled extensively throughout the South. He spent time in communities getting to know his subjects, and kept a journal recording his impressions and their stories and words. During these years, he also covered Martin Luther King Jr. and numerous civil rights events, but when Freed published Black in White America in 1968, the book focused instead on the fabric of daily life. As a photojournalist, Freed was an observer rather than a participant, but not an impartial one. He believed that “photography is about who you are. It’s the seeking of truth in relation to yourself.” --- measurements: Image: 16.1 x 23.6 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "[indecipherable word] youth (crossed out with red marker)" Written in red marker on verso: "Youth-Delinquent" Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "41-06 PEOPLE/YOURTH, DELINQUENT/C. UNDER ARREST" Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "AA5986" Written in red ink on verso: "Chapter 11/Fig 11.4 (circled)" Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "NOTICE (underlined)/Photographs must be credited to the photographer and/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs maynot be cropped or altered in any way without prior written approval by/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs consigned by/MAGNUM PHOTOS for your possible use may not be (underlined)/scanned (underlined) without the express written permission of/MAGNUM PHOTOS. /VIOLATION OF THESE POLICIES WILL RESULT IN FINES AT A MINIMUM OF 100% OF THE USAGE FEE." Written in blue ink on verso: "68992" Stamped in purple ink on verso: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" Written in black ink on verso: "79-7-31-27A" Written in black ink on verso: "New York City/Police Hold Youth" Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: "Magnum Photos, Inc. ©1979 Leonard Freed/(bar code)/FRL7907W31/27A LAW 82FRL027+001/NYC. 1979. Police holding onto a young man./Book: Police Work (written in pencil)" Written in pencil on verso: "1979 New York City USA" Written in pencil on verso: "UNIQUE" Stamped in black ink on verso: "VINTAGE PRINT" Written in pencil on verso: "79-7-31-27A" Written in pencil on verso: "Leonard Freed (signed)" Stamped in black ink on verso: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" Written in pencil on verso: "LF-PW-100.03" Stamped in blue ink on verso: "48244" Written in pencil on verso: "log # 44068 (crossed out)/44811 (crossed out)/46000 (crossed out)/65286 (crossed out)/79320" **Blue ink smears on man's face** translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES