Jazz Photographer Herman Leonard

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(c) Herman Leonard Photography LLC

Miles Davis, 1989
Later in his life, Leonard moved to New Orleans, where he continued to photograph jazz musicians. Though much of his work was destroyed in the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina, his negatives were saved and housed at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

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