Herman Leonard: Dextor Gordon
Photo courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery
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Herman Leonard: Jazz Giants
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK • Morrison Hotel Gallery • 10 May - 1 June 2008
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Jazz Giants, the fine art music photography of Herman Leonard, is a photographic journey through the golden years of the Jazz, Blues and Bebop eras that document the larger-than-life legends that comprise the visual album of America's most original art form and unquestionably the country's most important contribution to the history of music. On view until 1 June at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Manhattan's Soho district, the show focuses on the life and times of famed artists such as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, Dextor Gordon, Lester Young and Thelonious Monk among countless others, and features a selection from Leonard's extensive photographic history. Using a unique lighting approach, Leonard's signature "backlighting" style and use of elements like smoke and strobe lighting gives his portraits a dramatic quality that is highly humanistic, capturing the illuminating personalities behind the music.
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