Rock photographer Leni Sinclair is Kresge Eminent Artist 2016 – in pictures
Co-founder of the White Panthers and renowned for her photographs of jazz and rock legends of the 1960s and 70s and activism, Leni Sinclair has been announced as the Kresge Foundation’s Eminent Artist of 2016
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Fela Kuti at the Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, in 1986. All photographs: Leni Sinclair
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John Coltrane at the Drome Lounge in Detroit in 1966
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Black Panthers demonstrating in front of the Federal Building in Detroit in 1969
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Disk Jockey and MC Brother JC (Jesse) Crawford in 1969 on Zug Isle in Detroit
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Iggy Pop at Grande Ballroom in Detroit in 1968
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Activist Abbie Hoffman at the Underground Media Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1969
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Prince performs at the Cobo Hall in Detroit in 1980
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Bob Marley in 1975
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Marcus Belgrave, playing at Henry Normile’s funeral in 1979
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Members of the White Panther Party posing in 1970 in front of their national headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1970
