The man showed his wounds from the drug wars. A few weeks later he was knifed again, from the series "Police Work"

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The man showed his wounds from the drug wars. A few weeks later he was knifed again, from the series "Police Work"
The man showed his wounds from the drug wars. A few weeks later he was knifed again, from the series "Police Work"
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1978
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 6 1/4 in. (24 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2015.12.21
Not on view
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Provenance 2015: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Stamps: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at center in purple ink; "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at upper left in black ink; "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower left corner in black ink; "Photograph By / Leonard Freed / © MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. / 15 West 4[6?]th Street, N.Y.C. 10036".
Published References Illustrated in Leonard Freed, POLICE WORK (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980), pl. 42.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso in lower left corner in pencil.
Inscribed "1978 NEW YORK CITY, USA / VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at upper left in pencil; "78-9-15-34A" on verso at upper left in pencil; "7500" on verso at upper left corner in pencil; "78-9-15-34A" on verso at center in black pen; "78-9-15/34A" on verso at center in pencil; "LF-PW-039.03" on verso at lower right corner in pencil.
© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
On a warm July day neighborhood children play in a patrol car. At another time, an officer reminisced about wintry midnight tours, about the isolation he felt in the patrol car. Night after night he drove the same streets saw the same drunks, homeless ones, addicts, whom he had to move on, clearing the street. He had his anxieties. What, he wondered, would he do if one night they were gone? Whom would he talk to?, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.35
The "shooting gallery" raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
The "shooting gallery" raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.43
© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
The “shooting gallery” raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.39
Aid and Protection: pistol drawn and his body protecting that of wounded U.S. paratrooper, medic PFC Andrew G. Brown of Chicago searches jungle for sniper. He and Spec. 4 Gerald Levy of New York crawled through the jungle to dress the wounds of the unidentified paratrooper while a live grenade, ready to go ff at the slightest movement, lay nearby. Action took place yesterday near Thuong Lang, Vietnam
Aid and Protection: pistol drawn and his body protecting that of wounded U.S. paratrooper, medic PFC Andrew G. Brown of Chicago searches jungle for sniper. He and Spec. 4 Gerald Levy of New York crawled through the jungle to dress the wounds of the unidentified paratrooper while a live grenade, ready to go ff at the slightest movement, lay nearby. Action took place yesterday near Thuong Lang, Vietnam
Horst Faas
Date: 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.127
Homicide in a food store. The clerk was shot dead for the few dollars in the till, from the series "Police Work"
Homicide in a food store. The clerk was shot dead for the few dollars in the till, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.13
The man was found lying in the street. He will be sent to a hospital. "I don't smoke, but I carry a pack with me. They're useful in such situations," said the officer, from the series "Police Work"
The man was found lying in the street. He will be sent to a hospital. "I don't smoke, but I carry a pack with me. They're useful in such situations," said the officer, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.12.22
The call coming through the police radio said a woman was seen being dragged, screaming, into an overgrown lot. She was found...battered, drugged and unconscious. Though she was known along the street as an addict and a prostitute, all the other pimps and whores said they hadn't seen a thing. The girl later said she hadn't either, from the series "Police Work"
The call coming through the police radio said a woman was seen being dragged, screaming, into an overgrown lot. She was found...battered, drugged and unconscious. Though she was known along the street as an addict and a prostitute, all the other pimps and whores said they hadn't seen a thing. The girl later said she hadn't either, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1979
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.12.20
Police officer crouching in front of door in hallway during a night raid on drug pushers, NYC
Police officer crouching in front of door in hallway during a night raid on drug pushers, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.159
Police with drug dealer, NYC
Police with drug dealer, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.165
Police checking a drug addict in Times Square, NYC
Police checking a drug addict in Times Square, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.168
The curator of the police museum holds a trophy out of the "romantic" epoch of gang warfare, from the series "Police Work"
The curator of the police museum holds a trophy out of the "romantic" epoch of gang warfare, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.44
Photo by David Revette.
Police officers visit a counterculture dress boutique, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.45