Leni Sinclair

Leni Sinclair, born Magdalene Arndt, is an American photographer and radical political activist. She has photographed rock and jazz musicians since the early 1960s. She was the co-founder of the White Panther Party along with John Sinclair and Pun Plamondon. She lives in Detroit.

Lucy Santa in the New York Times wrote: Leni Sinclair’s photos capture the carnivalesque excitement, disquiet and jejune playacting of this scene — asked later about the guns being waved around in various photos, she said: “We were hippies! … We were just showing off.” She is a sensitive and versatile photographer, equally at ease depicting riots, communal decision-making, urban decay, cultural shifts and the vivid faces of the elders of Black music.”

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