Want to be lost for hours among your compatriots? Check out Bill Jay's archive of photographer portraits. The info:
"Throughout my professional life as magazine editor, professor, and lecturer, I have been privileged to meet many of the most famous photographers of the era. Whenever I felt that the camera would not intrude or disrupt the situation I have made snapshots of these moments. The following "gallery" is a preliminary selection from the more than 1,000 portraits in my files. More images will be added at frequent intervals, if there is any interest from viewers. One hundred portraits with extensive commentaries are due to be published by Nazraeli Press; the two-volume publication is in the final stages of preparation."
"Throughout my professional life as magazine editor, professor, and lecturer, I have been privileged to meet many of the most famous photographers of the era. Whenever I felt that the camera would not intrude or disrupt the situation I have made snapshots of these moments. The following "gallery" is a preliminary selection from the more than 1,000 portraits in my files. More images will be added at frequent intervals, if there is any interest from viewers. One hundred portraits with extensive commentaries are due to be published by Nazraeli Press; the two-volume publication is in the final stages of preparation."
A taste.
John Szarkowski after a lecture in Swan Lake, 1980
Joyce Neimanas at a New York conference, 1990
Leonard Freed in London, 1970
Mary Ellen Mark at a workshop in California, 1983
Michael Smith photographing in the garden of my home, Tempe, 1982
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I really enjoy anything and everything Bill Jay has to say about anything and everything. His needling, jocular, down to earth approach to art criticism and photography in particular are, at the same time, insightful and hilarious. It's great to see him on PS. Now you have me hooked!
Tons of fascinating articles on his site too - thanks!
That picture of Szarkowski, and especially his gesture with the cigar, is fantastically reminiscent of Walker Evans.