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"

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© 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. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1976
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (15.6 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2017.22.39
Not on view
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Provenance 2017: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Stamps: "© Leonard Freed Magnum Photos, Inc." on verso at upper left corner in black ink; "BOOK PRINTS" on verso at upper left in black ink; "MAGNUM PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT" on verso at left [faded] in black ink. "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower right corner.
Published References Illustrated in Leonard Freed, POLICE WORK (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980), pl. 70.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed "59522" on verso at upper left [crossed out] in pencil; "POLICE WOKR" on verso at upper center in red ink; "5000" on verso at left center [sideways] in pencil; "40331" on verso at center [crossed out] in pencil; "10229" on verso at left center in pencil; "79-7-107/35" on verso at center [upside down] in pencil; "Book: 'Police Work'" on verso at lower left in pencil; "'SHOOTING GALLERY' RAID: ADDICT FOUND HIDING IN CLOSET" on verso across lower edge in black ink; "1979 NEW YORK City - USA." on verso at lower left in pencil; "79-7-107-35" on verso at lower right in pencil; "LF-PW-070" on verso at lower right corner in pencil; "#39784" on verso at lower right [numbers crossed out] in pencil; "108" on verso at lower right in pencil.
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…
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
It was impossible to tell what had happened. Two women were lying, screaming, on the ground. The street was full of excited people. When the dust cleared we found that a man had been shot. His attacker had escaped in the confusion, NYC
It was impossible to tell what had happened. Two women were lying, screaming, on the ground. The street was full of excited people. When the dust cleared we found that a man had been shot. His attacker had escaped in the confusion, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.151
The Eagle Squares is one of 100 clubs in the Northern California Square Dancing Association. We called our group Eagle Squares because we used to dance in the Eagles Hall. My wife and I started when some neighbors talked us into taking a beginning square dance class. We found dancing to be good clean fun, something we could do together with little expense involved. Livermore, California.
The Eagle Squares is one of 100 clubs in the Northern California Square Dancing Association. We called our group Eagle Squares because we used to dance in the Eagles Hall. My wife and I started when some neighbors talked us into taking a beginning square dance class. We found dancing to be good clean fun, something we could do together with little expense involved. Livermore, California.
Bill Owens
Date: 1974
Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed later
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Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1979
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.156
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
Date: June 16, 1975
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.267
General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country
General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country
Unknown artist, American
Date: unknown
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.167
Photo by David Revette.
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Date: 1978
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.45
Scientists and Naval Officers exploring the ruins of St. Pierre–covered with volcanic ashes from Mount Pelee, Martinique, W. I.
Scientists and Naval Officers exploring the ruins of St. Pierre–covered with volcanic ashes from Mount Pelee, Martinique, W. I.
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1902
Medium: Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.2
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
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A bullfighter holding up one more ear to add to his honor roll, Spain, from the series La Corrida (The Bullfight)
A bullfighter holding up one more ear to add to his honor roll, Spain, from the series La Corrida (The Bullfight)
Yvan Dalain
Date: 1962
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.77
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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
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