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Detroit Youth Association, B&W photograph, undated. It s not a photo of Iggy Pop that is iconic Detroit photographer and activist Leni Sinclair s favorite of her prolific collection, much of which spans more than six decades of American counterculture, revolution, and rock n roll. Nor is it a capture of Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Bob Marley, John Lennon, the MC5, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti, the Rolling Stones, or ex-husband and marijuana activist John Sinclair, and, actually, none of her images from the 1967 Detroit rebellion, or salutes from the Black Panther Party, or intimate snaps from inside the White Panther Party, which she co-founded, made the cut for her most coveted image, either. In fact, Sinclair s favorite photograph isn t one she has taken but one that defines her journey, legacy, and the badassness she possesses and is far too modest to acknowledge, which makes her al