TED WILLIAMS
Ted Williams(1925-2024) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. Williams merged his love of music and photography and moved to Chicago in the 1940s where he captured unguarded photographic studies of some of the era’s greatest jazz musicians. His work appeared in major international publications including Time, Newsweek, Look, Playboy and Ebony. His coverage of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival landed him a spectacular 21-page layout in DownBeat magazine.
Williams was active on the jazz scene from the late 1940s until the late 1970s and photographed many of the greats in jazz.
STAFF PICKS
The Dave Brubeck Quartet performing in the Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago, April 1961 by Ted Williams
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Louis Armstrong on-stage at University of Chicago Theater in the Round, 1962 by Ted Williams
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Count Basie at the Trianon Ballroom, Chicago, 1950s by Ted Williams
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Ted Williams Print Information
All pieces printed from a digital scan of the original negative. Printed on archival paper, estate stamped, authorized and numbered on reverse in limited editions per size.
Available in the following paper sizes
16'“x20”
20”x24”
30”x40”
40'“x60”
NOTE: Measurements quoted are paper size, with the printed image being slightly smaller to create a natural border to house the photographer’s signature and edition number