Joanne Leonard

These photographs are part of an archive the artist has donated of 2,000 negatives and 500 prints documenting her West Oakland neighborhood in the 1960s. She used her camera to capture the grit and grace of everyday life in one of California's oldest African American neighborhoods. Leonard made the gift in honor of the late Oakland Museum of California curator of photography Therese Heyman.


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Two prints of the same image. By Joanne Leonard from her "Rag Gatherers and Scrapyard" Series. Labeled A-B.

Eight prints of the same subject in different poses. By Joanne Leonard from her "Rag Gatherers and Scrapyard" Series. Labeled A-H.

Series of four images. By Joanne Leonard from her "Rag Gatherers and Scrapyard" Series. Labeled A-D.

Twelve prints of the same image. By Joanne Leonard from her "Rag Gatherers and Scrapyard" Series. Labeled A-L.

One print by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series.

One print by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series.

Two prints of the same image by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-B.

Seven prints of the same image by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-G.

Thirteen prints of the same image by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-M.

Six prints of the same image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-F.

Eleven prints of the same image by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-K.

Six prints of the same image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Family Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-F.

Seven prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-G.

Six prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-F.

Four prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-D.

Four prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-D.

Five prints of similar images taken during the same photo shoot by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-E.

Five prints of the same image (some of the photographs show the image flipped ) by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-E.

Four prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-F.

Two prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-B.

Two prints of one subject in different poses by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-B.

Six prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-F.

Five prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-E.

Eight prints of an identical image in different formats by Joanne Leonard from her "West Oakland Men Portraits" Series. Prints labeled A-H.

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