Frank Stewart has been the senior staff photographer for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for 30 years and is otherwise known as the jazz photographer. Stewart got his start on the road in the mid–1970s, traveling with the pianist Ahmad Jamal. The pair toured clubs together and Stewart shot portraits of the greats, everyone from Miles Davis to Dizzy Gillespie to Wynton Marsalis. Though music has defined Stewart’s career, few know that he is multifaceted. In the 1980s, Stewart was part of Kamoinge, the African-American photography collective based in Harlem. He’s traveled to Africa and Cuba, capturing customs as diverse as traditional dance and local cuisine. In 2005, Stewart traveled to New Orleans, where he powerfully documented the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. In this exhibition, Stewart the photographer—not Stewart the jazz photographer—is the subject. —Elena Clavarino
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Frank Stewart's Nexus
Frank Stewart, Stomping the Blues, 1997.
When
June 10 – Sept 3, 2023
Where
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Photo: Collection of Rob Gibson, Savannah