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Ashkenazy, Vladimir. (b. 1937) [Ouzer, Louis. (1913 - 2002)]. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rochester, 1972. Gelatin silver print of the pianist which Ouzer took "as if he were a monk in a cell with no light," showing just the portions of the man's face that protrude out of the photo's darkness: nose, forehead, cheekbone. 11 x 14 inches, on the original black photographer's mount. Photographer's name printed within the negative lower right and with his label on the mount verso. Very fine.
The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Ouzer grew up poor in Rochester and was noted for his remarkable and unusual photographs of musical visitors to the Eastman School of Music and the Rochester Philharmonic over more than a half-century. Ouzer worked with the available light and said "I look for background before I take anyone's picture." The subjects in his black-and-white portraits, shrouded in shadow, often have a melancholy cast, as here. His 1979 book, "Contemporary Musicians in Photographs," helped extend his reputation as a photographer of celebrated performers.
Ashkenazy, Vladimir. (b. 1937) [Ouzer, Louis. (1913 - 2002)]. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rochester, 1972. Gelatin silver print of the pianist which Ouzer took "as if he were a monk in a cell with no light," showing just the portions of the man's face that protrude out of the photo's darkness: nose, forehead, cheekbone. 11 x 14 inches, on the original black photographer's mount. Photographer's name printed within the negative lower right and with his label on the mount verso. Very fine.
The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Ouzer grew up poor in Rochester and was noted for his remarkable and unusual photographs of musical visitors to the Eastman School of Music and the Rochester Philharmonic over more than a half-century. Ouzer worked with the available light and said "I look for background before I take anyone's picture." The subjects in his black-and-white portraits, shrouded in shadow, often have a melancholy cast, as here. His 1979 book, "Contemporary Musicians in Photographs," helped extend his reputation as a photographer of celebrated performers.