PICTURES OF THE BLUES

By Culturekiosque Staff

LONDON, 29 DECEMBER 2008 - In addition to this month's film release of Cadillac Records, a saga of sex, violence, race and rock & roll set in 1950s Chicago, that follows the turbulent lives of American musical legends such as Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Proud in London presents The Blues Anthology , a photographic portrait of the icons whose music was to inform the sound of all popular music thereafter. Moreover, the prints on view, and for sale, are of artists whose sound had roots in the field hollers and work songs of slavery but soon evolved into music that was to bolster irreversibly the African American as an individual.

Terry Cryer: Muddy Waters
Photo courtesy of Proud Galleries

Bringing both the well and lesser know musicians of the era together, the exhibition sale presents a cross section of the genre through work from a collaboration of photographers including Herb Snitzer, Joseph A Rosen, Charles Sawyer, Ralph Fales and Terry Cryer. Having grown up in the slums of Leeds, Cryer left school at 14 and learnt his trade in Egypt as a war office photographer - a position he gained by falsifying his previous credentials. After leaving this post in 1955 he gained recognition for the images he took around the jazz clubs of the UK, leading to personal friendships with many of the foremost musicians of the time.

The Blues Anthology
Through 1 February 2009
Proud Galleries
Stables Market
London, NW1 8
Tel: (44) 20 74 82 38 67

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