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Growing up in California, William Claxton spent his time collecting 78s by Duke Ellington, Lena Home, Count Basie, and Tommy Dorsey. As he pasted their pictures into scrapbooks, Claxton yearned to become a part of their world. By the time he started photographing musicians himself, he looked for ways to define them as people, not just as performers. He wanted to capture the innate drama in their lives, the fun, the anxiety, the eternal youthfulness. He learned to do all this and more in the 1950s, when his album covers for Pacific Jazz Records reflected a sound born of beachside jazz clubs and balmy California nights. Today, after decades of award-winning jacket photos, magazine layouts, books and exhibitions, it is safe to call William Claxton the most celebrated photographer in jazz history. Claxography offers a fresh look at his work: nearly all its pictures appear here for the first time.
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- PublisherDistributed Art Pub Inc
- Publication date1899
- ISBN 10 3926048670
- ISBN 13 9783926048677
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages129
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Claxography : The Art of Jazz Photography. With Texts by William Claxton and James Gavin
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Book Description Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In dem Bildband Claxography zeigt der amerikanische Fotograf William Claxton seine sehr persönliche Bildauswahl aus fast 50 Jahren fotografischer Präsenz im Umfeld des Jazz. Joel E. Siegel schrieb in Washingtons City Paper: ».Claxography is the Rolls Royce of jazz photography books.«William Claxton war maßgeblich an dem visuellen Image des West Coast Jazz der 50er beteiligt und zugleich auch Mitbegründer des Labels Pacific Jazz. Er kann zu den bedeutendsten (Jazz-) Fotografen dieses Jahrhunderts gezählt werden. Manche Musikgrößen verliehen ihm ihre höchste Auszeichnung - sie widmeten ihm ihre Kompositionen. Im Erscheinungsjahr des Werkes 1997 präsentierte das Amerika Haus in Berlin drei Legenden der Jazzfotografie: Herman Leonhard, William Gottlieb und . William Claxton.Eine echte Ergänzung zu JAZZ SEEN, dem Kino-Film über William Claxton. Seller Inventory # 9783926048677
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