Kate #3 by Leonard Freed, Black-and-White Abstract Photography of Female Nude

Kate #3, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is in the photographer's series "Kate." This is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate.A photographer herself, model Kate remains complicit in striking dramatic poses for the photographer for a study of female nudes by Freed, which prove to be whimsical and aesthetic, Freed captures the playfulness and sensuality of a very self-possessed young woman. The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo career tackled subjects for which he became well-known as a social-documentary photographer in the USA.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