Léonard Freed’s photographs of Bucharest on 26 December 1989.
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Bucharest, 26 December 1989
Léonard Freed
Léonard Freed
Léonard Freed was a documentary photojournalist. His publications include Black in White America (Grossman, 1967) and Police Work (Simon & Schuster, 1980).
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