Ted Williams first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway broadcast from Chicago's legendary Grand Terrace Ballroom inspired him. In the late 1940s, Williams merged his love of music and photography and moved to Chicago where he captured unguarded photographic studies of some of the era's greatest jazz musicians.
Williams’s 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. He photographed many of the greats in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong.
Williams’s historic archive runs to more than 100,000 images and comprises perhaps the most intimate and complete collection of jazz’s greatest musicians at work, rest and play.
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(Biography provided by International Fine Arts Consortium – IFAC Arts)
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity ...
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin Luther King waves to the crowds as he drives in a motorcade on the way to make a speech at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964. Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab...
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
Silver Gelatin
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Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
Silver Gelatin
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.5 in W 44.1 in
Black and White Photography by Cuban Photographer René Peña, Self Portrait
By Rene Peña
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition Series. Black and White Photography by Cuban Photographer René Peña, Self Portrait René Peña (Rene de Jesus Pena Gonzalez) is a self-taught photographer born in Hava...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$7,500
H 24 in W 16 in
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Culver City, CA
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller Silver Gelatin print Edition 3/35 Signed and numbered on recto by the artist Printed later On Wednesday, May 23, 1962, Marilyn Monroe stepped onto the set of Something’s Got to Give to film what would become one of the most iconic and talked-about moments of her career: the now-legendary nude swimming pool scene. This extraordinary day—captured in a series of rare photographs by renowned photographer Lawrence Schiller—has since become a cornerstone of Hollywood history. Key moments that make this session truly historic: A Bold Cinematic First: Monroe spent nearly four hours in the pool on the 20th Century Fox lot, filming a sequence in which her character, Ellen Arden, appears to swim nude...
Silver Gelatin
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.5 in W 43.31 in
'Tutu' - Self Portrait by Leading Contemporary Cuban Photographer René Peña
By Rene Peña
Located in Brooklyn, NY
René Peña (Rene de Jesus Pena Gonzalez) is a self-taught photographer born in Havana, Cuba in 1957. His photography is characterized by stark contrasts, between black and white, subj...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Michael Caine 1964 Contact Sheet
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Michael Caine contact sheet print by Brian Duffy - London 1964 This session with Michael Caine was shot by Duffy in 1964, the same year that the film Zulu was released which was hi...
Silver Gelatin
$245
H 15.75 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
Wendy Resting, Las Vegas - Portrait Color Photograph Small Framed
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Wendy Resting, portrait photograph from Richard Heeps' Man's Ruin series. This artwork is part of a sequence capturing Wendy at the Nevada Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Vegas. Thi...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$422
H 21.66 in W 27.56 in D 1.38 in
Wendy Resting, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Wendy Resting', from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This contemporary portrait is part of a sequence of artworks photographing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Vegas....
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$245
H 21.26 in W 15.75 in D 1.38 in
Framed Backstage Burlesque Series Portrait Framed Photograph Maya I, London
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Maya, backstage makeup photograph from Richard Heeps Burlesque series. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he spent 2003 capturing performances in Br...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$634
H 23.63 in W 30.32 in D 1.97 in
Jersey Girls (Yellow), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Yellow, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Richa...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$954
H 33.47 in W 44.1 in D 1.97 in
Wendy Resting, Las Vegas - Portrait Color Photograph Framed
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Wendy Resting, portrait photograph from Richard Heeps' Man's Ruin series. This artwork is part of a sequence capturing Wendy at the Nevada Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Vegas. Thi...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$682
H 37.41 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Pink Floral Dress, Goodwood, Chichester - Feminine fashion, color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
This stylish artwork, 'Pink Floral Dress' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe. This artwork featured i...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$422
H 21.66 in W 27.56 in D 1.38 in
Jersey Girls (Yellow), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Yellow, from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from the Chelsea flea market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reim...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$422
H 21.66 in W 27.56 in D 1.38 in
Jersey Girls (Gold), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Gold, from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from the Chelsea flea market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimag...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin