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Jamie Hodgson
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Various jazz musicians and vocalists, London, 1950s-1960s, subjects include: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Rushing and others
Jamie Hodgson
JAMIE HODGSON (1930-2006)
Various jazz musicians and vocalists, London, 1950s-1960s, subjects include: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Rushing and others
95 gelatin silver prints, some selenium toned
24 signed by the photographer (verso); 30 with stamped photographer’s credit (verso); 14 with photographer’s label (verso); each with identifying caption by the photographer (verso)
49 prints, sheet (approx.): 402 x 305 mm; 46 prints, sheet (approx.): 224 x 169 mm; in the photographer’s own commercial boxes
A captivating archive of unpublished photographs of American jazz greats in London by accomplished British photographer Jamie Hodgson. Known during his lifetime as a fashion and society photographer, Hodgson’s passion for jazz led him to document the British tours of his jazz heroes throughout the 1950s and 60s, capturing extraordinary unguarded portraits of the stars on stage, backstage and in his Knightsbridge studio. ‘We had never seen the great jazz musicians because, until the Fifties,’ said Hodgson ‘they never came to Britain. It was an exciting time.’ His jazz photography was latterly celebrated with an exhibition, Masters of Jazz: Unseen Portraits, at the National Theatre in 2005. The Independent obituary, 2006.
Jamie Hodgson
JAMIE HODGSON (1930-2006)
Various jazz musicians and vocalists, London, 1950s-1960s, subjects include: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Rushing and others
95 gelatin silver prints, some selenium toned
24 signed by the photographer (verso); 30 with stamped photographer’s credit (verso); 14 with photographer’s label (verso); each with identifying caption by the photographer (verso)
49 prints, sheet (approx.): 402 x 305 mm; 46 prints, sheet (approx.): 224 x 169 mm; in the photographer’s own commercial boxes
A captivating archive of unpublished photographs of American jazz greats in London by accomplished British photographer Jamie Hodgson. Known during his lifetime as a fashion and society photographer, Hodgson’s passion for jazz led him to document the British tours of his jazz heroes throughout the 1950s and 60s, capturing extraordinary unguarded portraits of the stars on stage, backstage and in his Knightsbridge studio. ‘We had never seen the great jazz musicians because, until the Fifties,’ said Hodgson ‘they never came to Britain. It was an exciting time.’ His jazz photography was latterly celebrated with an exhibition, Masters of Jazz: Unseen Portraits, at the National Theatre in 2005. The Independent obituary, 2006.
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