Bill Jay: Portraits of Photographers, 1968-2006

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.”

A taste.

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John Szarkowski after a lecture in Swan Lake, 1980

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Joyce Neimanas at a New York conference, 1990

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Leonard Freed in London, 1970

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Mary Ellen Mark at a workshop in California, 1983

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Michael Smith photographing in the garden of my home, Tempe, 1982

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Weegee the Famous at home in New York, 1968

more.

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  1. fertnig at 4:42 pm

    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!

  2. Andre Friedmann at 9:43 am

    That picture of Szarkowski, and especially his gesture with the cigar, is fantastically reminiscent of Walker Evans.

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