Herman Leonard James Moody, New York, 1951 Silver print © the Estate of Herman Leonard, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery
Herman Leonard James Moody, New York, 1951 Silver print © the Estate of Herman Leonard, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery 
Herman Leonard Billie Holiday, New York, 1949 Silver print © the Estate of Herman Leonard, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery
Herman Leonard Lester Young, NYC, 1948 Silver print © the Estate of Herman Leonard, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery
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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.