William P. Gottlieb

William Paul Gottlieb ( born January 28, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, NY, † April 23, 2006 ) was an American photographer. He was known for his photographs of jazz musicians.

Biography

Gottlieb coined only in his short creative period from 1939 to 1948, in the ' golden age ' of the swing and the emergence of bebop, his photos the visual aesthetics of jazz. He worked from 1938 for the Washington Post ( where he had a weekly jazz column ), and in the 1940s for the Downbeat magazine, for which he also contributed not only photos but also wrote. In addition he wrote for Down Beat Record Changer, Saturday Review and Collier 's Magazine. Among his most famous shots include portraits of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker. After 1948, Gottlieb worked as a film writer and producer for film school. In addition, he has published numerous books, including children's books.

On 16 February 2010, the Library of Congress made ​​several hundred of his photographs of jazz musicians to the public.

Gallery

Count Basie at a gig at New York's Jazz Club Aquarium, CIRCA 1947

Nat Cole, 1947

Fats Navarro, around 1947

Billie Holiday, 1947

Sarah Vaughan, 1946

Mary Lou Williams, 1946

Ella Fitzgerald, 1946