Lee Tanner, der grosse Jazzphotoraph, ist gestorben.
Mr. Tanner fell in love with jazz and then with photography. By the early 1950s, he had begun combining his passions. He first published his images in a major jazz magazine, Down Beat, in 1958.
Unlike some other jazz photographers, Mr. Tanner focused almost exclusively on capturing candid moments. Using newer technology that allowed him to pursue “available light” photography, free of flashbulbs, he photographed musicians in their often dimly lighted natural environment: live performance. “I think the important thing is to be able to be present when the music is being played, because there is a very, very intimate relationship between the musicians, their music and their instruments,” he told CNN in 1997. “And it’s very, very special in person as opposed to hearing it on record.”
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