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In the Prison, Itself the Ultimate Form of Segregation, the Prisoner is Still Directed and Regulated by the Local Rationale Existing Outside its Walls. "White Female" Over the Prison Door indicates for White Prisoners Only, New Orleans

1965

Leonard Freed

(American, 1929–2006)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 23.9 x 15.9 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
Gift of Mark Greenberg and Tami Morachnick 2014.472
© Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos
Location: Not on view
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