Saturday, November 28, 2009

Herman Leonard

Speaking of Ella Fitzgerald, I can't get enough of Herman Leonard's photography. Ellington, Fitzgerald, Miles, Armstrong - my heroes, all so beautifully captured through his lens.

[images here and here]

5 comments:

  1. Ooooo I just love film...I know I am betraying my age...but film does this in the hands of those who know....smiles

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  2. These shots are stunning. Man, I wish guys wore suits more often these days. :)

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  3. There's an exhibit of Herman Leonard's work on display now at Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC;

    http://www.jalc.org/exhibit/

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  4. Aah, for some reason I thought the exhibit was already gone? Will have to check it out asap - thanks, Anonymous commenter!

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