Herman Leonard dies.

[BruceH]

He photographed smoke very well. RIP

[Adam]

RIP. Such beauty. The photo the LA Times ran with it in the print edition is so good - but not online.

The LA Times obit:

http://www.latimes.c...eonard-20100816,0,7645918.story

Bob Willoughby last November, Gottlieb, Leonard...

Edited August 18, 2010 by Adam

[Leeway]

News reports state that photographer Herman Leonard passed away on August 14th. He created many memorable jazz images, and, one might say that he helped defined the image of jazz in the public mind. His 1948 photograph of the young Dexter Gordon (with the cigarette smoke swirling upwards) is surely iconic.

[Guest Bill Barton]

R.I.P.

What a brilliant photographer! Mark's comments sum it up. So dramatic, so theatrical, always telling a story.