Herman Leonard, an American photographer renowned for his iconic images of jazz legends,
born on this day, 1923
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📷 Lester Young, Still Life, New York City, 1948
Photo by Herman Leonard of Ella Fitzgerald singing as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Richard Rodgers watch at the Downbeat club in New York City, 1949
Listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. So great. Gorgeous image by Herman Leonard of Ella Fitzgerald singing as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Richard Rodgers watch at the Downbeat club in New York City, 1949 #jazz #EllaFitzgerald #HermanLeonard #film #photo #Ella #JazzSky #photography
Clifford Brown and Max Roach This is a black-and-white photograph of two men in dress shirts and ties, posed in a small, plain room. One man is seated on the floor against the wall, looking slightly toward the camera, while the other is crouched behind him, leaning forward. The background includes an open closet with empty hangers. The caption below the image reads: “Clifford Brown and Max Roach.”
Clifford Brown and Max Roach by Herman Leonard
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Dizzy Gillespie - Herman Leonard (1923–2010), photographe américain célèbre pour ses portraits des grands musiciens de jazz. Grâce à son éclairage dramatique et son sens de l’ambiance, il a immortalisé les plus grandes figures de l’âge d’or du jazz
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Ella Fitzgerald - Herman Leonard (1923–2010), photographe américain célèbre pour ses portraits des grands musiciens de jazz. Grâce à son éclairage dramatique et son sens de l’ambiance, il a immortalisé les plus grandes figures de l’âge d’or du jazz.
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Dexter Gordon - Herman Leonard (1923–2010), photographe américain célèbre pour ses portraits des grands musiciens de jazz.
Grâce à son éclairage dramatique et son sens de l’ambiance, il a immortalisé les plus grandes figures de l’âge d’or du jazz.
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La playmate Gloria Walker hélant un taxi à New York, 1956 - Herman Leonard (1923-2010), photographe américain.
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Dexter Gordon. Photo by Herman Leonard.
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"An image can revive the feeling of the moment... the thrill of actually being there."
📸 #HermanLeonard, American photographer, #DOTD 14 August 2010. #Art #Photography
Finally got around to hanging my massive print of Dexter Gordon in my home office. One of my all-time favorite jazz pictures, courtesy of the great photographer Herman Leonard. #jazz #dextergordon #hermanleonard #picture #photograph #bop #image #saxophone #sax
#GloriaWalker / #Playboy 's Playmate of the Month, June 1956 / photo by #HermanLeonard. #photography
You look at the photo and you can Mingus’ melancholy tribute, ‘Goodbye Porkpie Hat’.
A brilliant portrait need not include the subject; Herman Leonard's portrait of Lester Young.
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