Handcuffed by Leonard Freed, New York City, Limited Edition Black-and-White Documentary Photography 1970s

Handcuffed (or Arrested), New York City, 1978 by Leonard Freed is 19" x 13" in a limited edition of 10 signed by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer) on verso (back), including Freed's copyright stamp on verso. Available: 2/10The image appears in Leonard Freed's seminal book "Police Work," published in 1980. For several years Leonard Freed worked alongside the New York police department, documenting the gritty reality of life on the beat of soaring crime and great social unrest, with New York City near bankruptcy. The photo appears in one of Leonard Freed's seminal books "Police Work," published in 1980.Provenance: Freed Estate***Artist’s Bio:Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing