Herman Leonard James Moody, New York, 1951 Silver print © the Estate of Herman Leonard, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery
Herman Leonard
01/11/2020 - 30/11/2020
Robert Mann Gallery
525 West 26th Street
10001 New York
www.robertmann.com
Robert Mann Gallery presents an online exhibition of works by Herman Leonard. This collection of smokey, nostalgic, and timeless photographs depict some of the most renowned jazz musicians, including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Charlie Parker. These photographs illustrate intimate and raw moments of performance: Billie Holiday reaching her arms out towards the audience, as if grasping for her next note; Chet Baker, hidden behind his trumpet, an embrace that feels like a private moment only captured by Leonard; and Nat King Cole, making direct eye contact with Leonard, as though the two were performing a duet. Herman Leonard’s photographs are a unique record of the jazz scene in the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s.
Robert Mann Gallery
525 West 26th Street
10001 New York
www.robertmann.com
Robert Mann Gallery presents an online exhibition of works by Herman Leonard. This collection of smokey, nostalgic, and timeless photographs depict some of the most renowned jazz musicians, including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Charlie Parker. These photographs illustrate intimate and raw moments of performance: Billie Holiday reaching her arms out towards the audience, as if grasping for her next note; Chet Baker, hidden behind his trumpet, an embrace that feels like a private moment only captured by Leonard; and Nat King Cole, making direct eye contact with Leonard, as though the two were performing a duet. Herman Leonard’s photographs are a unique record of the jazz scene in the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s.