id: 86261 accession number: 2016.433 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.433 updated: 2023-09-19 11:02:24.486000 Single cells in the new building of the Angola Prison (Louisiana). Angola was originally a plantation named after an African country, where slaves came from, 1965. Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 15.1 x 22.7 cm (5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.); paper: 19.7 x 25.3 cm (7 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.433 © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos title: Single cells in the new building of the Angola Prison (Louisiana). Angola was originally a plantation named after an African country, where slaves came from title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1965 creation date earliest: 1965 creation date latest: 1965 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: 15.1 x 22.7 cm (5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.); Paper: 19.7 x 25.3 cm (7 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: “LFBWA-252.2/6000” Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: “PRISONS/ETRANGER/USA THE ANGOLA /PRISON/(LOUISIANA)” Stamped in black ink on verso: “TIRAGE ARCHIVE MAGNUM PHOTOS/20, rue des Grands Augustins, 75006 PARIS/EPREUVE a RENDRE/No/MAGNUM PARIS LIBRARY/PRINT TO BE RETURNED” Written in pencil on verso: “1965 New Orleans, LA-USA Book “Black in White America” Written in pencil on verso: “Leonard Freed (signed)” Stamped in black ink on verso: “VINTAGE PRINT” Imprinted on white paper label on verso: “MAGNUM/72 West 45 Street, New York, New York 10036/© Leonard Freed-Magnum [stamped in purple ink] USA 1965 [written in black ink]/Single cells in the new building/of the Angola Prison (Louisiana)/Angola was originally a planta-/tion named after an African/country where slaves came from./R 304-34 [crossed out in pencil] = old #” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES