The tenants said that the smell in the last few hot summer days had filled the hall

The tenants said that the smell in the last few hot summer days had filled the hall

Photograph

Leonard Freed

Maker
American, 1929–2006

The tenants said that the smell in the last few hot summer days had filled the hall

The tenants said that the smell in the last few hot summer days had filled the hall. One choked on it, and the heart sank at the thought of entering the apartment. gthe leakage of the body fluids had soaked the mattress, and the extremities dripped like candles. Maggots had eaten the face away.


1978
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (15.9 × 23.5 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2018
Inscriptions Inscribed in red pencil on recto, TLC: 58
Signed in pencil on verso, BRC: Leonard Freed
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TLC: LF-PW-058 \ 7500
Stamped in ink on verso, C: © Leonard Freed-Magnum
Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 78-9-2-16
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BL: Book: Police Work
Stamped in ink on verso, BLC: VINTAGE PRINT
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BC: 1978 NEW YORK CITY-USA
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