Larry, as he was known throughout the industry, was an award-winning photojournalist, who covered the political, social, and artistic events of his time for top publications such as The New York Times, Newsweek, The Saturday Evening Post, Vogue, Collier’s, and Parade Magazine. In his thirty-year career he covered a wide range of stories from theatre for the New York Times to the war Viet Nam (three trips) and Cambodia to world leaders such as Chang Kai-shek and President John F. Kennedy. A favorite of the Kennedys, Fried photographed Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. His Newsweek cover of RFK was chosen for the cover of To Seek A Newer World. Throughout his career, he photographed an extensive list of musician, actors, and visual artists such as: Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Meryl Streep, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Shirley McClaine, Richard Serra, Andy Warhol, and Willem de Kooning. Fried had the distinction of having photographed the most Newsweek covers in the history of the magazine.
