£42.75

Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures

Monographs

Price data last checked 57 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Last 28 days • 28 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 28 days • 4 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £45 (13 days, 46.4%)

Price range: £43 - £47

Price levels: 4 different prices over 28 days

Description

Shelved during the McCarthy era, Model's photographs of jazz musicians―together with a text by Langston Hughes―are finally published for the first time Street photographer Lisette Model spent more than 10 years documenting Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Percy Heath, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and countless other luminaries of America's jazz scene. From the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival to nightclub shows and raucous afterparties in cramped apartments, Model's images are effusive and full of empathy, celebrating jazz at a time when the genre was under increasing political and cultural scrutiny. During the 1950s, the New York Photo League was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for purported connections to the Communist Party. Model was interviewed by the FBI and eventually placed on its National Security Watchlist. This mounting political pressure led publishers and funders to rescind support of Model, and ultimately caused her to shelve the book dedicated to her jazz pictures, which was to feature an essay by Langston Hughes. Now, this clothbound book finally realizes Model's self-censored project, providing a fresh look at familiar faces who today signify the fight for freedom, equality and creative expression. Alongside Hughes' original essay, texts by author Audrey Sands and saxophonist Loren Schoenberg underscore the importance of this series and the revelatory insight it shines on jazz music, both onstage and off. Lisette Model (1901–83) was born in Vienna. She moved to Manhattan in 1938 and two years later Model hosted her first solo exhibition with the New York Photo League. Following the group's dismantlement by the FBI, Model transitioned to teaching. Her most notable pupils included Diane Arbus, Helen Gee and John Gossage.

Key Features

New Store Stock

Product Specifications

Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0871301024
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Photographers > Monographs
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 October 2025
Listed Since: 10 April 2025

Barcode

No barcode data available

Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Lisette Model: Retrospective

Larry Fink: Hands On/A Passionate Life of Looking

Roy DeCarava: the sound i saw: Improvisation on a Jazz Theme

The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association

Jazz in Available Light: Illuminating the Jazz Greats from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s

Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography

Women Photographers 1900 – 1975: A Legacy of Light

Love and Understanding: The Jazz Photography of Don Schlitten

Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music

Jazz Griots: Music as History in the 1960s African American Poem

William Claxton. Jazzlife

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz

William Claxton. Jazzlife

Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography. 45th Ed.: . 40th Anniversary Edition (45th Edition)

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985

Rebels: From Punk to Dior

100 New York Photographers

Routledge - Jazz and the Philosophy of Art - Music Book

Women in Jazz - Special Edition

Standards Real Book: the "C and vocal edition"

Dustin Pitman Walk Wild Side: New York After Dark

The Book Of Kelly: Volume 15

Catholic Girl

Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats (American Made Music (Hardcover))