Freed was in the early stages of what would become the landmark photo project
Hiroji Kubota turned his eyes to Asia: “Wherever I went
wore coils around their necks from an early age to lengthen them
One hot summer afternoon in 1963
and all across the south
Darkroom Print: Harlem, New York, USA, 1963 Framing:Custom Black Frame Freed was in the earlyOne hot summer afternoon in 1963, Leonard Freed was wandering around Harlem when he captured this photograph of two young residents, in sheer delight, cooling off from the heat with an open fire hydrant, which had become a lifeline during heatwaves in the city. At the time, Freed was in the early stages of what would become the landmark photo project, Black in White America. Traveling to New York, Washington, D. C. and all across the south, the