Jazz Portraits
Photographs by Jan Henn
Art Blakey
Albert Mangelsdorff
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dizzy Gillespie
Carla Bley
Don Cherry
The exhibition
Jazz Portraits
Photographs by Jan Henn
"Photography is jazz for the eye."
William Claxton
No snapshots just before the concert or during the first set. No candid
pictures of unguarded moments. Instead, Jan Henn arranges a studio:
neutral background, suitable lighting, and the camera. No easy feat at most
concerts and festivals, but hardly anyone refused his request to pause for
a moment and look into the camera. Over the years there emerged a gallery
of jazz masters, deliberately concentrated upon their faces.
Black and white
portraits, without effects, without props. No colors to distract from the
message of the photographs, of the faces, and of the histories written on
them, or hidden within.
bildkultur presents this collection as an exhibition of 50 portraits.
50 Fine-Art prints on Baryt-Paper,
400 mm x 500 mm
Wooden frames
The Book
Jan Putfarcken – Jazz Portraits
with German / English texts by
Michael Naura and Mike Zwerin
100 pictures, B/W
Nieswand-Verlag, Kiel
ISBN 3926048409
© Jan Henn-Putfarcken / bildkultur 2001
The portraits
| Monty Alexander Art Blakey Carla Bley Lester Bowie Cecil Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater Peter Brötzmann Marion Brown Ray Brown Dave Brubeck Rainer Brüninghaus Dave Burell Gary Burton Philipp Catherine Don Cherry Billy Cobham Junior Cook Chick Corea Jack DeJohnette Al DiMeola Herb Ellis Curtis Fuller Chico Freemann Jan Gabarek Herb Geller Stan Getz Dizzy Gillespie Egberto Gismonti Urbie Green Al Grey Dick Griffin Johnny Griffin Trilok Gurtu |
Charlie Haden Lionel Hampton Herbie Hancock Gene Harris Roy Haynes Percy Heath Joe Henderson Billy Higgins Dave Holland Freddie Hubbard Mill Jackson Howard Johnson Elvin Jones Virgil Jones Connie Kay Lee Konitz Peter Kowald Joachim Kühn John Lewis Abbey Lincoln Albert Mangelsdorff Herbie Mann Charlie Mariano Branford Marsalis Wynton Marsalis Lyle Mays Les McCann John McLaughlin Pat Metheny Palle Mikkelborg Red Mitchell Tete Montollu Glen Moore |
Airto Moreira Paul Motian Alphonse Mouzon Gerry Mulilgan David Murray NHØP Tony Oxley Joe Pass Gary Peacock Astor Piazzolla Michel Portal Dino Saluzzi Pharoah Sanders George Shearing Archie Shepp Wayne Shorter Sun Ra Steve Swallow Jamaaladeen Tacuma Cecil Taylor Ed Thigpen Gary Thomas Barbara Thompson Mel Tormé RalphTowner McCoy Tyner Jasper van´t Hof Nana Vasconcelos Miroslav Vitous Eberhard Weber Kenny Wheeler Eugene Wright Joe Zawinul |
The artist
Jan Henn
Jan Henn was born in Hamburg in 1962. Photography studies in Berlin were
followed by 5 years as photo assistant in Hamburg and New York. In addition
to numerous publications, including in Tempo and Vogue, his works have
been shown in group and solo exhibitions.
Jan Henn lives and works in
Hamburg. The series Jazz Portraits won the Hasselblad Fine Art
Contest, received honours from the Reinhart-Wolf-Stiftung, and was published
as a book by Nieswand Verlag, Kiel.